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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



A HANDBOOK 



United Brethren in Christ. 



BY E. L. SHUEY, A.M. 



REVISED AND ENLARGED. 



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A HAND-BOOK 



UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. 



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E. L. SHUEY, A. M. 



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Copyright, 1885 s 1889, and 1893, 
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T\ N Intelligent understanding <>f the character of the rclig- 

•**»■ ious denomination to which he l*dongs is important to 

fttian. In a Chnreh like cur own, in which the 

members so fully direct the policy and methods, all, even the 

youngest, should be instructed in its history and work, its 

if>les and government. A Ml knowledge of our Church's 

• — it> Btmgf th, and BO - principles 

and methods of work, — cannot fail to enlist the enthusiasm 

knd to make them more devoted to r 

terests. 

To the young people of the Church who desire a knowledge 

life, to those who have not access to more extended 

books, to others who desire in a brief space an outline of the 

<>f the denomination, this little Hand-book is 

i, with the hope that, in part, at least, it will meet their 

- bslioTed thai such ■ oompendinm, brief enough 

r»-ad in a short time, jrel roll enough to give theeseentiaJ 

It i< difficult ii. |] spac to present more than a 

slight outim mpt. therefore, has been made 

Uie incidents <>f the history snd the 

rk and doctrine bemg collected from larger 

From the- . this Hand-hook 

en prepare to the men 

Chun 

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Preface to i\e\\seb n&itioip. 



T^HE reception accorded the Handbook of the United 
^ Brethren in Christ since its first issue, eight years 
ago, has been beyond the highest anticipations of its 
projector. 

The important changes in Church life and government, 
made as each year passes, render a revision necessary from 
time to time. Every effort has been made to have the book 
what is most desired,— a brief statement of all things 
essential to an understanding of our Church life and his- 
tory, and a concise compendium of its work and workers. 
It is hoped that all— pastors and people — will find it 
adapted to this object. 

Dayton, Ohio, May 3U 1893. 



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Goipteipts. 



!NE 7 

Origin 7 

9 

nfnsnion of Faith 15 

Polity 19 

.turn ou Moral Life 21 

\t 24 

-titution 24 

Outline of the Church Government 29 

Memb er ship - 29 

Ministry 

Others 31 

Conferences 35 

Departments of Church-Work 38 

Sunday-Schools 38 

40 

The General Board 41 

Woman's Missionary Work ... 46 

Church-Erection 50 

Publishing House 50 

Educational Work 54 

itorical Society 58 

Young People's Christian Union 59 

N 62 

i< il Tables 64 

era] Officers 64 

• ral Church Boards 68 

leatkmsJ Institutions 70 

Church 71 

rical Outline 71 

Growth in Me m be r ship 

sneral Coof ej 72 

Organisation Of Annual Conferences 73 

of 1890, bj B 75 

B :i<lay-Scho< 75 

- of Choxehes In the United Btatet (1800] .... 77 

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HISTORY A.ND DOCTRINE. 



ORIGIN. 

"United Brethren en Christ," is the title 

of the Church which, in the hitter part of the 
last century, grew out of the religious awaken - 
• f William Otterbein and a number of his 
friends. 

Philip William Otterbein, the leader of this 
movement, was a distinguished divine and mis- 
sionary of the German Reformed Church, who 
was sunt by the Synods of Holland, in 1752, 
from Dillenburg, Germany, to America. He 
was chosen for the mission because of his zeal 
and earnestness, and his deep devotion. As a 
young man he preached with great power and 
learning. It was not, however, till after his 
settlement at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, his first 
charge in America, that Otterbein, after much 
prayer, realized that God had ponied upon him 
the spirit of grace and power. He now 1> 
to preach against the lifeless formality of the 

church, which had been thought sufficient by 

both ministry and people, and in the midst of 
which he had so long lived and worked. lie 
therefore urged the necessity of a new birth and 
of experimental godline- 



8 HISTORY AND DOCTRINE. 

While Mr. Otterbein was thus preaching, and 
establishing prayer-meetings, in which the lay- 
men might have better opportunities for labor, 
Rev. Martin Boehm, a zealous Mennonite, hav- 
ing himself experienced a similar change of 
heart, was engaged in a different field in the 
same work. At a ' ' great meeting, ' ' held about 
T766,* in Isaac Long's barn, in Lancaster 
County, Pennsylvania, both these ministers, 
with many others, were present. At the close 
of a very earnest sermon by Mr. Boehm, Mr. 
Otterbein arose and embraced the preacher, 
crying, ' ' We are brethren ! ' ' These words sug- 
gested, a number of years later, the name for 
the new denomination which finally sprang 
from this meeting. 

From this time these brethren, with other 
ministers, all Germans, traveled extensively in 
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland, preach- 
ing to all that a vital union with Christ, in 
heart and life, is essential to religious growth. 
Otterbein himself was, in 1774, settled over a 
congregation at Baltimore, Maryland, which 
had withdrawn from the communion of the 
German Reformed Church. Here he remained 
until his death in 1813, directing and superin- 
tending the work begun in his young man- 
hood. 

It was not intended, at first, by these fellow- 

*See Life of Otterbein, by Prof. A. W. Drury, D. D.. pages 
117-122. 



HISTORY AM» DOCTRI* 9 

work a new Church, but simply 

d the people to the importance of con- 
ion, or the new birth. While working with 
this purj vera! years passed. Later it 

decided to call a conference of the minis- 
ted to the work to consider the best 
means of uniting and establishing the believers 
in the new life. This gathering was held in 
at Baltimore, when it was decided to 
continue the conferences as might seem best. 
lly, in 1S00. the societies interested in the 
ement united and formed the "United 
hren in Christ." with Mr. Otterbein and 
Mr. Boehm as bishops. 

GROWTH. 

From iSoo to 1815, the Church <rrew slowly 

but steadily in the states already mentioned. 

■ >rk being solely among the Germans. As 

many <»f its members emigrated to Ohio and 

the West, they carried forward the work, and 

3l0 a new conference was formed west of 

known as the Miami. From 

this were formed, in 1S1X and the years fol- 

Qg, the Muskingum, Scioto. Indiana, and 

other con fere: 

Among the men prominent in the move- 
ments of this and the succeeding period, be- 

S Bishops Otterbein and Hoehm. were 
Christian Newcomer, < Meeting, Andrew 

:. Henry Spayth, and Henry Kiimlc 



10 HISTORY AND DOCTRINE. 

The zeal and devotion of these and other earn- 
est men were abundantly rewarded. 

The first General Conference met, June 6th, 
1815, near Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, in a 
small log school-house. Fourteen ministers 
were present, from four states. After much 
prayer and deliberation, the Confession of Faith 
was adopted, together with a book of discipline, 
containing rules and directions for the govern- 
ment of the Church. 

About the same time a new period of growth 
began. The Church, hitherto composed exclu- 
sively of Germans, began to find earnest sup- 
porters among the English settlers west of the 
Alleghanies, and these conferences gradually 
became English. The growth was now more 
rapid, for the field was wider. Ministers and 
people were zealous in spreading their beliet 
farther and farther. As they emigrated north 
and west, new churches and new conferences 
were formed, and the succeeding decades showed 
marked growth. The Church, which in 1820 
had about one hundred and fourteen preachers, 
with thirty-six itinerants, and perhaps ten 
thousand members, included in 1845 ^ ve hun- 
dred and eightj-one preachers and about thirty- 
six thousand members. 

In the earlier years John Russel, Joseph 
Hoffman, John McNamar, and others, and in 
the later years Wm. Davis, J. Griffith, W. R. 
Rhinehart, J. J. Glossbrenner, D. Edwards, and 



HISTORY AND DOCTRINE II 

many others contributed to the establishment 

ot the work of the Church and of its principles. 
This was the period in which the position of 
the Church was taken on many of the great 
moral questions which distinguish it; and the 

men of the time were worthy of the work. 
The efforts of the Church during these years 

largely expended in the country districts, 
the ministers for some reason avoiding - the 
towns and cities. Each itinerant had many 
appointments, traveling from one to another, 

hing at private houses, in barns, school- 
houses, or wherever opportunity offered. His 
salary was small, often but a few dollars, hut 
he was always honored, and the people every- 
where received him with kindness and hospi- 
tality. 

The increasing growth of the Church led to 
the adoption, by the General Conference of 

of the Constitution, which from that time 
till [889 was the basis of the legislation of the 

ii> general conferences. This same growth 
had led to the establishment, in [834, of the 

rious Telescope^ and the beginning of the 
Publishing House of the Church. It was but .1 
little later, in 1X45, that the first steps in our 

ational history were taken, and the fust 

colleg opened in 1 s 4 7 . But progress was 

not yet stopped. Peeling that the Church is to 
-pel to all the earth, the Mission- 
ary Society - aized in 1853, and the fust 



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12 HISTORY AND DOCTRINE. 

missionaries were appointed a year later. In 
1875 the women of the Church began their act- 
ive, aggressive work in the Woman's Mission- 
ary Association. From the early catechetical 
schools had come the Sunday-schools, first or- 
ganized about 1820. To supply their wants 
were begun the Children' s Friend and Mission- 
ary Visitor, and later the various Bible lesson- 
helps, now so important a part of our work. 
In this series are included Our Bible 
Teacher ; Our Bible- Lesson Quarterly, Our Inter- 
mediate Bible-Lesson Quarterly, Lessons for the 
Little Ones, Bible-Lesson Pictures, and Our 
Little Pictures for our Bible-Lessons. 

In 1889 the Quarterly Review of the United 
Brethren in Christ was established by order 
of the General Conference. It is a magazine 
of high grade and with most excellent editorial 
department. During its first term it was 
edited by Rev. J. W. Etter, D.D., but the General 
Conference of 1893 placed the editorial manage- 
ment in the hands of the professors of Union 
Biblical Seminary, referring the question of its 
continuance to the trustees of the Publishing 
House. 

One of the most striking movements of re- 
cent years has been the development of the 
work among the }^oung people of the Church. 
This took the form of the organization of 
societies for Christian work in the various con- 
gregations. In June, 1890, a convention was 



HISTORY and DOCTRINE. |;; 

called at Dayton for the organization of a 
denominational young people's society. Care- 
ful consideration resulted in the formation oi 
the Young People's Christian Union. This 

union is composed of the various young 
people's Christian societies of the denomina- 
tion, each congregation being- left to decide for 
f what shall be the form of the local organ- 
ization. This fraternal plan has resulted in 
very great stimulus to the work among the 
young people of the denomination, and the 
excellence of its organization has been shown 
by the adoption of its methods in other denom- 
inations than our own. The General Confer- 
ence having recognized it as a department of 
the Church, the growth will be more marked 
in the future. 

In response to the evident desire of a large 
part of the Church for some improvements in 
►vernment, the General Conference of 1885 
inted a Commission of twenty-seven min- 
- and laymen "to consider our present 
Confession of Faith and Constitution, and pre- 
5Uch a form of belief and such amended 
fundamental rules for the government of this 
Church in the future as will, in their judgment. 
be best adapted to secure its growth and effi- 
ciency in the work of evangelizing the world." 
Certain limitations were at the same time 
placed upon the Commission. It was also to 
present its report to the Church for approval or 



14 HISTORY AND DOCTRINE). 

rejection by the members. This Commission 
met in 1885, made a series of changes, and deter- 
mined upon a plan for submitting them to the 
Church. For nearly three years the subject was 
debated, and in November, 1888, by a vote of 
the requisite number of the members, the forms 
submitted were adopted. By the ratification 
of the General Conference of 1889, these be- 
came the expression of faith and the law of the 
Church on May 13th of that year. 

This action of the Church was followed 
in the summer of 1889 by an effort on 
the part of fifteen members of the General 
Conference, who withdrew from its session on 
the adoption of the revised Confession of 
Faith and Constitution, and their adherents, 
to gain possession of the church property in 
various parts of the country. This led to a 
series of actions in the civil courts and a 
thorough examination by them of the entire 
question of change. After many trials, the 
results are with the majority, and though not 
finally settled, the Church already has recov- 
ered its losses, and is moving more speedily 
than ever. ' 

During the later years, the Church has been 
occupied in the development of the various de- 
partments of its work. Many of the men who 
have been influential in these movements are 
Still living, earnest in their endeavors, and 
honored by their fellow men. The growth con- 



HISTORY AND POCTRINK. 1 .'> 

tinned, the efforts to hold the early zeal and 
devotion are unbroken, and the mission of the 
Chureh — to maintain deeided positions on all 
lions of Christian life — is daily fulfilled in 
the work of its people. 

In iSSS there were fourteen hundred and 
ninety itinerants, with two hundred and four 
thousand five hundred members, contributing 
about one million of dollars for church- work. 

Notwithstanding the secession of 1889, 
amounting to probably ten thousand, the re- 
ports for 1892 show 4,234 organized churches, 
with 1,544 itinerants, and a membership of 
03, contributing over a million of dollars 
for the various departments of the Church, 
which have been materially enlarged in many 
directions. 

CONFESSION OF FAITH. 

Aik'I-tkd 11 Yon., 1888.— Kaiiiikii Bl iiik QkXX&AL Conns* 

, 1889. 

In the name of God, we declare and confess 
before all men the following articles of our be- 
lief: 

ARTICLE 1. 

Of God and the Holy Trinity. 

We believe in the only true God, the Father, 

the Son, and the Holy Ghost ; that these three 

ae — the Father in the vSon, the Sou in the 

Father, and the Holy Ghost equal in essence 01 

ng with the Father and the Son. 



16 HISTORY AND DOCTRINE. 

ARTICLE II 

Of Creation and Providence. 

We believe this triune God created the heav- 
ens and the earth, and all that in them is, visi- 
ble and invisible ; that He sustains, protects, 
and governs these with gracious regard for the 
welfare of man, to the glory of His name. 

ARTICLE hi. 

Of fesus Christ. 

We believe in Jesus Christ ; that he is very 
God and man ; that he became incarnate by the 
power of the Holy Ghost and was born of the 
Virgin Mar}' ; that he is the Savior and Media- 
tor of the whole human race, if the}' with full 
faith accept the grace proffered in Jesus ; that 
this Jesus suffered and died on the cross for us, 
was buried, arose again on the third day, as- 
cended into heaven, and sitteth on the right 
hand of God, to intercede for us ; and that he 
will come again at the last day to judge the 
living and the dead. 

ARTICLE iv. 

Of the Holy Ghost. 

We believe in the Holy Ghost; that He is 
equal in being with the Father and the Son ; 
that He convinces the world of sin, of righteous- 
ness, and of judgment ; that He comforts the 
faithful and guides them into all truth. 



HISTORY \M> DOCTRINE. 17 

ARTICLE V. 

Of the Holy Scriptures. 
We believe that the Holy Bible, Old and New 
Testaments, is the word of God ; that it reveals 
the only true way to our salvation ; that every 
true Christian is bound to acknowledge and re- 
ceive it by the help of the Spirit of God as the 
only rule and guide in faith and practice. 

ARTICLE VI. 

the Church. 
We believe in a holy Christian Church, com- 
1 of true believers, in which the word of 
(rod is preached by men divinely called, and 

the ordinances are duly administered ; that this 
divine institution is for the maintenance of 
worship, for the edification of believers, and 

the conversion of the world to Christ. 

ARTICLE VII. 

Of the Sacraments. 

We believe the sacraments, Baptism and the 

Lord's Supper, are to he in use in the Church, 
and should he practiced by all Christians; hut 
the mode of baptism and the manner of observ- 
ing the Lord's supper air always to he left to 
the judgment and understanding of each indi- 
vidual. Also, the baptism of children shall he 

left to the judgment of believing parents. 

The example of washing of feet is to be left to 

the judgment of each one, to practice or not. 
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1$ HIvSTORY AND DOCTRINE:. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Of Depravity. 
We believe man is fallen from original right- 
eousness, and apart from the grace of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, is not only entirely destitute of 
holiness, but is inclined to evil, and only evil, 
and that continually : and that except a man 
be born again he cannot see the kingdom of 
heaven. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Of fustification . 
We believe that penitent sinners are justified 
before God, only by faith in our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and not by works ; yet that good works 
in Christ are acceptable to God, and spring out 
of a true and living faith. 

ARTICLE X. 

Of Regeneration and AdoptioJi. 
We believe that regeneration is the renewal 
of the heart of man after the image of God, 
through the word, by the act of the Holy 
Ghost, by which the believer receives the spirit 
of adoption and is enabled to serve God with 
the will and the affections. 

ARTICLE XI. 

Of Sanctification. 
We believe sanctification is the work of God's 
grace, through the w r ord and the Spirit, by 
which those who have been born again are sep- 



HISTORY AND Dl 

I in their arts, words, and thoughts from 
enabled to live unto God, and to 

follow holiness, without which no nun si 

rd. 

ARTICLE XII. 
(if tin- Christian Sal, bath. 
We believe the Christian Sabbath is divinely 
pointed; that it is commemorative of , 
Loi urertion from the grave, and is an 

Mem of our eternal rest; that it tial 

the welfareof the civil community, and to 
the permanence and growth of the Christian 
".reh. and that it should be reverently ob- 

holyrest and of social and 
public worship. 

ARTICLE xm. 
Of tin Future State. 
We believe in the resurrection of the dead- 
judgment : and an eternal 
Is in which the righteous dv. 
and the wicked in endless pun- 
lent. 

POLITY 

The Church of the United Brethren in Christ 
« off-shoot from any denomination its 
W in view the accompllsh- 
rion. It did not aru 
f Tr trine, for it p, 

radically new doftrinei kind. [< 



20 HISTORY AND DOCTRINE. 

are those of other evangelical churches, and 
its theology is Arminian. It enjoins the ordi- 
nances presented by the Scriptures and fol- 
lowed by the Christian churches in general. 
Its founders united to emphasize the need of 
consecration of soul to God, and of personal 
''religious certainty, ' ' and this has been its 
spirit. 

In its administration, it is distinguished as 
a body in which the power is almost equally 
divided between the ministry and the people. 
All officers hold their place by consent of the 
members, expressed by vote either directly or 
by representatives. The people choose the local 
church-officers, who form the majority of each 
official board, and the delegates to each general 
conference. The quarterly conference elects a 
lay delegate to the annual conference. The 
annual conference chooses its presiding elders 
and other officers. The general conference 
elects all the general officers and boards of the 
Church. 

But one order of ministers is recognized — 
that of elder. Bishops and presiding elders are 
chosen from among the elders simply as super- 
intendents. 

In supplying the congregations with minis- 
ters, the "itinerant system" is the adopted 
method. All pastors are subject to settlement 
and change as determined by a committee, 
consisting of the bishop and the presiding 



HISTORY AND DOCTRINE, 21 

elders, at each annual conference. A minister 

may now remain upon a charge without limit 
of tunc, being subject, however, to annual re- 
ointment by tlie conference. 

In form of worship the Church seeks direct- 
and simplicity. It has no liturgy, and 

m»t enforce uniformity in service, each 
congregation deciding the method for itself. 

The meetings of the Church include the reg- 
ular Sabbath preaching of God's word, the 
weekly prayer- and class-meetings, and the Sun- 
-ehool, with such others as each congrega- 
tion may determine. Four times during the 
the "quarterly meeting" of each charge 
is held by the presiding elder, at which time 
the general business of the charge is trans- 
acted, the communion service usually being 
held upon the Sabbath. 

POSITION ON MORAL LIFE. 

A natural result of the principles which led 
to the formation of the Church has been to re- 
quire of its members devotion to Christ, sim- 
plicity of faith, purity of life, and uprightness 
nducl. Upon all questions of morality the 

ion of the Church has always been decided. 
Ompromise with evil has been suggested. 
The law of the Church forbids the sale or use 
of intoxicating liquors by its members; and the 
renting of property to liquor dealers, or sign- 
petition favoring them, is considered im- 



22 HISTORY AND DOCTRINE). 

moral. The members are always found adlive 
in every movement for the growth of temper- 
ance. Its members are almost a unit in 
favoring the entire annihilation of the liquor 
traffic in the nation, and its readers are active 
in their opposition to intemperance in every 
form. Its position, as stated by the General 
Conference, is unequivocal. Against the use 
of tobacco the sentiment is strong. Many con- 
ferences refuse to admit to the ministry those 
who use it in any way. 

The Church believes in the unity of hu- 
man interests, and that difficulties between 
capital and labor can only be settled on the 
basis of intimate knowledge of Jesus Christ, 
and the application of the principles of the 
gospel to every-day business life. 

As to the Sabbath, the denomination believes 
that the law of the Sabbath is perpetual, and 
that the day should be sacred and kept in the 
spirit of the author. It, therefore, opposes all 
forms of needless Sunday labor, and is pledged 
to do by precept and example all that can be 
done to secure the keeping of the laws against 
Sabbath desecration. 

Believing that it is the right of every child 
to have such an education as will fit him for 
good citizenship, the Church is unequivocally 
in favor of the American public schools, and 
its members do everything that can be done to 
strengthen these schools of the nation. 



HISTORY AND DOCTRINE. 

Only such amusements arc thought proper 
to the Christian as will tend to recreate him 

physically, mentally, and morally. Whatever 
will interfere with his highest growth in either 
of these lines should not be indulged in. 

Slavery was always thought to be a sin, and 
in l821 was entirely forbidden, the holding of 
Slaves being- made a misdemeanor. This posi- 
tion has never been changed. Many members 
in former days suffered severely in defense of 
this principle. 

The Church has always been decided in its 
-it ion to such secret societies as seemed to 
infringe upon the rights of those outside their 
organization, and to be injurious to Christian 
character. Its laws have always held this in 
view. 

The authority of the civil government is 
recognized, and the members are enjoined to 
its laws; and while disapproving war 
fare, and favoring international arbitration, the 
Church acknowledges the obligation of every 
citizen to protect and preserve the government 
in time of treason and invasion. 

On the questions of divorce and of the true 
rights m, the position of the Church is 

undoubted. Its principles and its pnu! 
cannot fail to lead to high Christian life. 



GOVERNMENT. 



CONSTITUTION. 

Adopted by Vote, 1888.— Ratified by the General Confer- 
ence, 1889. 

In the name of God-, we, the members of the 
Church of the United Brethren in Christ, for 
the work of the ministry, for the edifying of 
the body of Christ, for the more speed} T and 
effectual spread of the Gospel, and in order to 
produce and secure uniformity in faith and 
practice, to define the powers and business of 
the General Conference as recognized by this 
Church, and to preserve inviolate the popular 
will of the membership of the Church, do or- 
dain this Constitution : 

ARTICLE i. 

Section i. All ecclesiastical power herein 
granted, to enact or repeal any rule or rules of 
Discipline, is vested in a general conference, 
which shall consist of elders and laymen elected 
in each annual conference district throughout 
the Church. The number and ratio of elders 
and laymen, and the mode of their election, 
shall be determined by the General Conference. 

Provided, however, that such elders shall have 
stood as elders in the conferences which they 
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\T. 90 

are b nt for no less time than three yean 

next preceding the meeting of the General Con- 
nce to which they are elected ; and that such 
laymen shall be not less than twenty-five years 
and shall have been members of the 
Church six years, and members in the confer- 
ence districts which they arc to represent at 
- next preceding the meeting 
of the Genera] Conference to which they are 
ted. 

The Genera] Conference shall con- 
vene every four years, and a majority of the 
whole number of delegates elected shall consti- 
tute a quorum. 

C. 3. The ministerial and lay delegates 
shall deliberate and vote together as one body ; 
but the General Conference shall have power to 

provide for a vote by separate orders whenever 

it deems it best to do SO ; and in such cases, the 
concurrent vote of both orders shall be neces- 
sary to complete an action. 

\ 4. The Genera] Conference shall, at each 
elect bishops from among the elders 
throughout the Church who have stood six 
years in that Capacity. 

The bishops shall be member- 

and presiding officers of the General 

Conference; but in case no bishop be present, 

the conference shall ehoose a president pTO 

mference shall deter- 



26 GOVERNMENT. 

mine the number and boundaries of the annual 
conferences. 

Sec. 7. The General Conference shall have 
power to review the records of the annual con- 
ferences and see that the business of each an- 
nual conference is done strictly in accordance 
with the Discipline, and approve or annul, as 
the case may require. 

Sec. 8. The General Conference shall have 
full control of The United Brethren Printing 
Establishment, The Home, Frontier and For- 
eign Missionary Society, The Church-Erection 
Society, The General Sabbath-School Board, 
The Board of Education, and Union Biblical 
Seminary. It shall also have power to estab- 
lish and manage any other organization or in- 
stitution within the Church which it ma}' deem 
helpful in the work of evangelization. 

Sec. 9. The General Conference shall have 
power to establish a court of appeals. 

Sec. 10. The General Conference ma}' — two- 
thirds of the members elected thereto concur- 
ring — propose changes in, or additions to, the 
Confession of Faith ; provided, that the concur- 
rence of three-fourths of the annual conferences 
shall be necessary to their final ratification. 

ARTICLE II. 

The General Conference shall have power, as 
provided in Article I., Section 1, of this Consti- 
tution, to make rules and regulations for the 



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Church ; nevertheless, it shall be subject to the 

following limitations and restrictions : 

riON i. The Genera] Conference shall 
enact no rule or ordinance which will change 
or destroy the Confession of Faith ; and shall 
establish no standard of doctrine contrary to 
the Confession of Faith. 

neral Conference shall enact 
no rule which will destroy the itinerant plan. 

SEC. 3. The General Conference shall enact 

no rule which will deprive local preachers of 

their votes in the annual conferences to which 
tlu lly belong. 

. 4. The General Conference shall enact 
no rule which will abolish the right of appeal. 

ARTICLE III. 

HON t. We declare that all secret com- 
binations which infringe upon the rights of 
those outside of their organization, and whose 
principles and practices are injurious to the 
Christian character of their members, are con- 
trary to the Word of Cod, and that Christians 
ht to have no connection with them. 
The Genera] Conference shall have power to 
t such rules of Discipline with respect t<> 

BUCh combinations as in its judgment it may 

proper. 

We declare that human slavery is a 
violation of human rights, and contrary to the 



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28 GOVERNMENT. 

Word of God. It shall therefore in no wise be 
tolerated among us 

ARTICLE IV. 

The right, title, interest, and claim of all 
property, both real and personal, of whatever 
name or description, obtained b} r purchase or 
otherwise, by any person or persons, for the 
use, benefit and behoof of the Church of the 
United Brethren in Christ, are hereby fully 
recognized, and held to vest in the Church 
aforesaid. 

ARTICLE v. 

Section i. Amendments to this Constitution 
may be proposed by any General Conference, — 
two-thirds of the members elected thereto con- 
curring, — which amendments shall be submit- 
ted to a vote of the membership throughout the 
Church, under regulations authorized by said 
conference. 

A majority of all the votes cast upcn any 
submitted amendment shall be necessary to its 
final ratification. 

Sec. 2. The foregoing amended Constitution 
shall be in force from and after the first Mon- 
day after the second Thursday of May, 1889, 
upon official proclamation thereof by the Board 
of Bishops ; provided, that the General Confer- 
ence elected for 1889 shall be the lawful legis- 
lative body under the amended Constitution, 
with full power, until its final adjournment, tc 



GOVERNMENT. 29 

enact such rules as this amended Constitution 
authori 

OUTLINE OF THE CHUKCH-GOVERNMENT. 

An outline of the government of the Church 
must include a statement of its membership 

and its division into conferences, of the minis- 
try and its character, and of the officers and 
Official boards. 

The basis of organization is the class, or 
tion. For the sake of strength, sev- 
eral "I these classes may he united, forming a 
• circuit. The.se stations and circuits 
are united into conference-districts, of which 
there are now nearly fifty. These annual con- 
ferences are grouped at present into five dis- 
tricts, each presided over by a bishop. 

I. Membership. — The membership of the 
Church consists of those who have been form- 
ally received in open congregation by the pas- 

ipportnnity having been given for objection-, 

to their reception. Before they are received, 

applicants must affirm their belief in the Bible 

as the word of God and the only guide to the 
knowledge of the way of salvation ; their con- 
fidence in the pardon of their sins ; their deter- 
mination by the grace of God to follow Christ 
in a life iA holiness and devotion ; their will- 
ingness to be governed by the church-disci- 
pline. 

Persons who are sincerely seeking the Lord 



30 GOVERNMENT. 

may be received into the watch-care of the 
Church, but are not reported as members. 

It is the duty of every member to acknowl- 
edge his faith in the Bible and its teachings; 
observe all the ordinances of God's house; at- 
tend the meetings of the church; encourage 
the Sunday-school; keep the Sabbath holy; be 
diligent in prayer; live a quiet and peaceable 
life among his fellows; pay liberally to the sup- 
port of the ministry and of the church; and 
contribute freely to the benevolent work of 
God's people. If possible, young people are ex- 
pected to belong to the young people's societies. 

Persons guilty of misdemeanors or violations 
of church rules, may, after due admonition and 
form of examination, be expelled by a vote of 
the local church. 

Members removing from any place may re- 
ceive, by a vote of the congregation, a certifi- 
cate signed by the pastor recommending them 
to Christian fellowship elsewhere. 

II. Ministry. — In close and natural rela- 
tion to the membership, and springing from it, 
is the ministry, which is either itinerant or 
local. The former includes not only those who 
are in the active work of the Church, but also 
those who, once admitted to the itinerancy, are 
prevented by age, infirmity, or personal choice, 
from taking a charge in the Church. The lat- 
ter includes such preachers as have not been 
admitted to the itinerancy. 



31 

e of t! officirl 

irch 
1 to 
• any person, properly quali- 

, I annu- 

publiclv explain 
the Script i: 

ig to em 
must apply to the quarterly conference of I 
which he is a member. He m, 
idence of his co: 

1 qualifications, of his call to 
the mu ;:d of his wilIingness to Qbev the 

C f, UrC,: able annu- 

ally, and he must pursue the course of read- 
ing prescribed by the Discipline of the Church 
After holding this relation one or mon 
the licentiate may be recommended to t] 

He mu- unined upon his faith 

penence, desir, -ruinations, and 

If these be satisfact. 
mitted as a i upon prohation 

min,ster » urseofr 

SCT: Teach 

Close of this probat: bMtloB 

mitted to the or 
ordination servio ., 



32 GOVERNMENT. 

bishop, by the laying on of hands, is conducted 
on a day appointed, — generally at the meeting 
of the annual conference. 

Having been thus admitted to the conference, 
the elder accepts the duties of the itinerant, en- 
joys a minister's privileges, and may perform 
all the offices ordinarily belonging to him. 

Since 1889, women are admitted to the min- 
istry on equality with men. 

The minister, or elder, not only is the spiritual 
leader and instructor of the church, but keeps 
its records of members, arranges for the collec- 
tion of its contributions to the benevolences of 
the Church, and superintends all its work. 

The support of the ministry is provided by 
the people. At the beginning of each year the 
salary, as agreed upon by the minister and peo- 
ple, is apportioned among the members, and it 
is collected during the year by the proper offi- 
cers. In cases where needed, assistance is given 
from the funds of the board of missions, either 
of the Church or of the conference. Provision 
is also made for the support of worn-out itiner- 
ant ministers and their families by general con- 
tributions of the people, and by payments from 
surplus funds of the Publishing House. 

III. Officers. — The local officers of each 
church are the class leaders, class stewards, and 
trustees. The members of each congregation 
are divided into as many classes as is thought 
desirable. Each class then chooses its leadei 



GOVERNMENT. 88 

The steward is appointed annually by the 
pastor, with the approval of the elass. 

The CUiSS Leader is to be the spiritual guide 
oi his elass. Being a faithful student of the 
Scriptures, a pious and godly man, he is to be 
.in example to all his circle. It is his duty to 
meet his class in prayer and conference meet- 
ings, to speak to them regarding their Christian 
life, to visit them when sick, and to encourage 
them when in difficulty. 

The Class Steward collects the contributions 
for the support of the ministry and church, 
keeps an accurate account of all money re- 
ceived, and reports the same to the treasurer at 
the quarterly conference. In congregations in 
which payments for church-expenses are made 
by envelopes deposited at the church each Sab- 
bath, the stewards serve as efficient assistants 
to the general steward and treasurer. 

The expenses of the church are met by sub- 
scriptions made at the beginning of the confer- 
ence year, or by assessments upon the members 
made by the finance committee on an estimate 
of the annual expenditure. These estimates 
may include any items desired by the church. 

The Trustees .ire the legal representatives ol 

the church. They are chosen by the quarterly 

conference in accordance with the law n[ the 

State. They have charge of all church prop- 
erty, controlling the building of churches and 

ind having direct care of them. 



34 GOVERNMENT. 

The Official Board of each congregation trans- 
acts the general business. It is composed of 
the pastor, all properly recognized preachers, 
exhorters, leaders, stewards, trustees of prop- 
erty, presidents of young people's Christian 
societies, and superintendents of Sunday- 
schools, residing within the bounds of the con- 
gregation. This board, meeting monthly, 
chooses the secretary and treasurer of the 
church, appoints and receives reports of com- 
mittees, and transacts all the business of the 
congregation. It submits the record of its 
business to the quarterly conference. 

The ministerial and executive officers are the 
presiding elders and bishops. These are always 
ministers, and are chosen by the elders at the 
annual and General conferences. 

The Presiding Elders are chosen by the an- 
nual conference from among its body of elders. 
The conference having been divided into dis- 
tricts, an officer is placed over each. These 
presiding elders hold the quarterly meetings at 
each station, inquire into the condition of the 
work, spiritual and temporal, and assist the 
pastors in every way possible. At each annual 
conference the old and new presiding elders, 
together with the bishop, assign the ministers 
to the various charges. The salary of each is 
fixed by the annual conference, and is assessed 
upon the various charges of the district. 

The Bishops are chosen from among the 



GOVERNMENT. 30 

elders, by the General Conference, at each of its 
'iis. These arc the superintendents of 

the Church, and are five in number, including 
one bishop emeritus. The}' preside at the 
annual and General conferences, and attend to 
the execution of the laws of the Church. They 
hold annual meetings for deciding questions of 
law, determining the time of holding the an- 
nual conferences, and considering the general 
interests of the Church. They spend much time 
in visiting the various conferences, consulting, 
dedicating churches, and assisting the minis- 
ters. Their salaries are fixed by the General 
Conference, and are apportioned among the vari- 
ous conferences of each district, to be paid by 
the subscriptions of the people. 

IV. CONFERENCES. — Closely related to the 
official meeting, and composed of the Same 

members, is the Quarterly Conference, On 

circuits, it includes the official members 
of all appointments. This meets four 
times each year, as appointed by the pre- 
siding elder. This body makes the settle- 
ments with the stewards and ministers; grants 
licenses to exhort or preach; inquires into the 
il and official character of its members; 
makes estimates of the expenses of the station 

or circuit, and provides for their apportionment : 

chooses the general stewards, and elects a lay 
_;ate to the annual conference. 

ond the congregation and the circuit is 

the Annual Conference. This consists of all 



36 GOVERNMENT. 

elders and licentiate preachers that have been 
duly received by the conference, and one lay 
delegate from each charge. This gives the lay- 
men active participation in the control of the 
Church and in consultation for its interests. 

This conference has general supervision of the 
work within its limits; fixes the boundaries of 
stations and circuits; considers the religious 
work of the church — missions, Sunday-schools, 
etc. ; receives reports from the ministers, includ- 
ing the money raised for general church pur- 
poses, and examines the moral and official 
character of each minister; provides for the ex- 
amination and ordination of candidates for the 
ministry; hears appeals from the congregations; 
chooses presiding elders and other officers; and 
appoints a committee which, with the bishop, 
stations the presiding elders. 

The meeting of the annual conference is 
always an incident of great interest and bless- 
ing to the people, and is one of the Church's 
most efficient means of union and Christian 
fellowship. 

The important bond of union for the Church 
in general is the General Co?iference, which 
meets every four years, on the second Thursday 
in May, at such place as may be designated. 
This conference consists of ministers and la} r - 
men chosen by the vote of the members of the 
denomination during the month of November 



GOVERNMENT. 

eding its session. Each animal conference 
presented by not less than two nor more 

than four ministers, and by one or two lay- 
men, according to the number of its members. 
These two classes have equal privileges in the 
General Conference, but voting may be by orders. 
The General Conference examines the admin- 
istration of each annual conference, and estab- 

s its boundaries; prescribes the districts, 
and assigns to each bishop his work ; modifies 
the provisions of the Church Discipline; pro- 
- for the management of the various insti- 
tutions of church-work; and elects the general 
officers — bishops, publishing agent, editors of 
periodicals, secretary and treasurer of the Mis- 
sionary Society, secretary and treasurer of the 
Church-Erection Society, secretary of the Sab- 
bath-School Association, business manager of 

:i Biblical Seminary, trustees of the Sem- 
inary, Publishing House, and Church, and 
members of the Educational, Missionary, 
Church-KreCiion, Young People's Christian 
Union, and Sabbath-school boards. 

Thus the General Conference gives direction 
to the thought and power of the Church, and 
the exponent of its faith and spirit. 
Its influence in the Church, in uniting its inter- 
and directing its energies, and in bringing 
ther its people and teaching them the 1 
of Christian fellowship, cannot be I 
mated. 



DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH- 
WORK. 

The Church, realizing that the efforts of its 
members must be exerted in specific directions ; 
that God has commanded his people to study 
his word, to instruct others, and to preach his 
gospel ; and that system is essential to the best 
results of labor, has recognized various depart- 
ments for the exertion of its energies. These 
include the Sunday-school, the missionary, the 
publishing, and the educational interests. 

These institutions have earned, by their 
blessed results, the enthusiastic support of 
every one, and may well call forth the honest 
pride of all members. 

I. SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. 

From its beginning provision has been made 
by the Church for the instruction of the youth 
in the way of the Lord. Sunday-schools for in- 
struction in the catechism were held very early. 
Otterbein himself visited parts of the Church 
and ' ' started prayer-meetings and Sunday- 
schools M very early in the century. The first 
school in Baltimore was begun in 1827, at the 
old Otterbein Church. From that time every 
38 



. S OP CHURCH-WORK. 39 

encouragement has been given to instruction in 
the word o\ ( »od. 

The Sunday-school has ever been considered a 
department of the church, working in and with 
the church. The superintendent is a church 
officer, responsible to the quarterly conference. 
On the other hand, the church is charged with 
nourishing and encouraging the school. 

For the promotion of the interests of this 
Cause a Sunday-school Board is elected by each 
general conference. A secretary is employed, 
who holds institutes for instruction in Sun- 
day-school work, assists in the organization 
and direction of new or weak schools, and gives 
aid and counsel wherever needed. The board 
also, through its treasurer, disburses the money 
of the Sunday-school fund, which is paid in 
by the schools and congregations. This fund 
sist weak schools in new localities, 
furnishing supplies as they may be needed. 
This is one of the most worthy of the church - 
the small amount expended do- 
VBSt good. In addition, this board plans 
and suggests methods for the improvement and 
enlargement of the Sunday-school work and in- 

fluen ition, in order that the 

children may be more specifically instructed in 
the history and interests of the Church, the fust 
Sunday in June, being that nearest Otterbein'S 

birthday, is fixed as Children* s Day* Thi 

- of this ill for children, while the 



i 



40 DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 

contributions go to augment the board's per- 
manent fund. There is also provided a course 
of study for the preparation of Sunday-school 
teachers. Diplomas are given, signed by the 
president and secretary, to all who complete 
this ' ' Normal Course. ' ' This ' ' Bible Normal 
Union," as it is called, is under the immediate 
direction of the secretary, and has a member- 
ship of several thousand. 

As a result of energy in this department of 
the church-work, the Sunday-schools are un- 
usually prosperous. In 1888 there were 3,509 
schools, with 219,846 vScholars, and 32,026 officers 
and teachers, being 47,355 more than the total 
membership of the Church. From these schools 
has come much of the strength of the Church, 
and many of its best workers are trained in 
them. For a number of years Colonel Robert 
Cowden has been the efficient secretary of the 
board, and much of the growth is due to his 
energy. 

II. MISSIONS. 

The various conferences have been interested 
during most of the Church's history in the 
spread of the gospel beyond their immediate 
limits, and many have supported missionaries 
in home fields. Indeed, the history of the 
Church has beei. that of mission- work, and the 
denomination is essentially missionary. 

There was, however, during the earlier years, 
no union of effort for foreign missions. The 



PS OF CHURCH-WORK. 41 

first tions in their favoi were decidedly 

d by many. The general conferences of 

lS 4^ took sour- inefficient ac- 

tion upon the subject. During these years, 
a result of agitation, opinions were changing 
and the sentiment in favor of foreign work v 

rowing. Souk- of the annual conferences were 
very earnest, and began to move toward active 
effort. Finally, in 1853, the general conference 
the "Home, Frontier, and For- 
Missionary Society," and appointed 
a board of directors and the proper officers. 
Rev. J. C. Bright, of the Sandusky Conferem 
through whose efforts, especially, these results 
ched, was the first secretary. 
The newly-appointed board met at Wester- 
ville, Ohio, in June. [854. After much deliber- 
ation it was decided to send a missionary to 
West Africa. Rev. W. J. Shney. who had con- 
ation, was then appoint 
first missionary. A- his companions, Dr. 
I). C. Knmler and Rev. I>. K. Flickingei w< 
chosen. Tl d from New York in Janti- 

ar . v king Freetown a month later. 

ter much difficulty a deed was obtained by 

their sn . . j. k. Billheimer and W. 

Witt, M. I) nt mission-station 

ritish Sherhro, sixty mi: 

IK. 

from that tiiiu 
till an index of th< 



42 DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 

the people of America. It is a history of strug- 
gle, discouragement, and indifference even, at 
home, and of difficulty and opposition abroad. 
Among those who gave their services and 
labored faithfully were Rev. D. K. Flickinger, 
D. D., whose devotion to our missions has been 
of great importance ; Rev. J. K. Billheimer and 
wife, so closely identified with the Church's 
missionary efforts ; Rev. W. B. Witt ; Rev. C. 
O. Wilson ; Rev. O. Hadley and wife ; and 
Rev. J. A. Williams, a native Christian, who 
gave efficient service, being often the only one 
in charge. 

In 1869 a crisis w T as reached, and the aban- 
donment of the work w T as seriously considered. 
But, largely through the influence of Rev. J. 
Kemp, better counsels prevailed, and a new 
effort was made. Mr. and Mrs. J. Gomer, mem- 
bers of the colored church at Dayton, Ohio, 
were sent out to begin anew the work among 
the heathen. 

Shortly after this the board undertook the 
education of three young Africans at the schools 
of Dayton, Ohio, — D. F. Wilberforce, David 
Kasambo, and Remmie Caulker. The second of 
these died soon after beginning his education ; 
the others, after a number of years, married 
and returned to their native land. Mr. Wilber- 
force was highly successful while here, and is 
now Principal of the Clarke Training-School at 
Shaingay. 



DEPARTMENTS 0>B CHURCH -WORK, 

Other missionaries have been sent out and 

the work enlarged, and though much restricted 
by the limited appropriations of the board, 
there has been great growth. Now there are 
eight missionaries, with thirty-three native 
assistants, 300 appointments, and 4,346 mem- 
bers, including the seekers. The property at 
the various points is of great value. 

In 1883 the American Missionary Association 
transferred to the board for a term of years the 
Ifendi Mission, near Shaingay, with its annual 
income of $5,000. Christians in England about 
the same time became interested in the success of 
our missions, and at various times have afforded 
material aid. 

In 1SS6, largely through the efforts of Rev. D. 
K. Flickinger, D.D., then missionary bishop, 
ind Mrs. Rufus Clarke, of Denver, Colo- 
gave $5,000 for the ereclion of a building 
at SI st Africa, to be used as a train- 

1 for boys who are to become teachers 
and preachers. In this way workers are pre- 
1 without tl: f a long journey 

I). I\ Wilberforce organized the school 
and v several years its principal. Since 

that time, the principal has been a missionary 
sent from this country. About [00 pupils are 

(enrolled, including iS who stud}' theol 

methods of work employed commend 
themselves to all. In addition to the religious 



44 DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 

teaching, boys and girls are received into the 
schools and taught much as Americans are 
taught, the instruction including various trades 
and industries. The mission farm is carefully 
tilled, and its products bring a good income. 
Thus careful habits, love of work, and a knowl- 
edge of the arts of civilization, are given with 
the religious instruction. 

Western Africa seems to be the peculiar field 
of the Church, and increasing success attends 
its efforts. 

The board has carried its foreign work also 
into Germany, for the propagation of evangel- 
ical religion in that land. This work was begun 
in 1869, Rev. C. BischofT being the first mis- 
sionary. The work has grown until many 
towns in Germany are reached by our workers, 
of whom there are ten. These churches have 
over seven hundred members. The ministers 
preach the same doctrine as did Otterbein, in 
the century before, — the need of conversion, 
and a life devoted to God's service. 

Nor is the work of the Missionary Society 
confined to foreign fields. From its inception a 
large part of its work has been the extension 
of the Church into new fields, especially on the 
frontier. The missionaries sent out have fol- 
lowed the line of emigration in the West and 
Northwest, enduring untold hardships for the 
sake of the work. Of the stations thus estab- 
lished the board assumes control, forming mis- 



BPARTMBNTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 4fi 

districts and mission conferences, provid- 
ing many of the ministers and much of their 
support. The growth of the Church in the West 
has been due largely to these efforts. The home 

Gelds — those within the bounds of the annual 
conferences — are under the direction of the con- 
ferences themselves, as branches of the general 
society. 

In [884 a. Chinese mission was opened in 
Walla Walla. Washington Territory. 

In 1887 the debt of the society, which had 
grown to over $60,000, was apportioned among 
the annual conferences, and a special effort has 
since been made to cancel it. Over $40,000 has 
collected for this purpose and the amount 
reduced to about >2o,ooo. 

The receipts for missions for the year 1S92-93, 
including the amount spent by conferences, 
The number of missionaries 
During the <}uadrenuium 
1893-97. the rail is to be," One hun- 

dred thousand dollars annually for missions. " 

As stated before, the Missionary Societ; 
Simply the Church organized for mission-work. 
The management is entrusted to a board of 
direc: the General and annual 

oonferenc >f a president, four 

vice-presidents, secret usurer, and seven 

by the former, and one mem- 

ich annual conference. The 

payment of ten d one time constitutes 



.46 DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 

a life-member of the society, and of fifty dol- 
lars, a life-director. 

The board holds its meetings at such time 
and place as it may itself determine. It opens 
missions; employs missionaries ; diredls the va- 
rious mission districts and conferences ; makes 
appropriations for the different parts of its 
work ; and consults and legislates generally for 
the cause of missions throughout the Church. 
It appoints an executive committee to direct 
the work between its sessions. 

The secretary and treasurer devote their time 
exclusively to the interests of the society, — 
keeping its records, visiting its missions, at- 
tending conferences, soliciting funds, and in- 
structing and encouraging the Church in the 
work. 

Each conference is a branch society, control- 
ling the missions in its own territory. It pays 
one-half of its receipts into the treasury of the 
General Board, which largely depends upon it 
for support. The conferences usually assess 2 
definite amount upon each charge within therj 
limits, this amount being then paid by the 
members during the Church year. 

The Woman's Missionary Association was 
organized in 1875, at Dayton, Ohio, eight con- 
ferences being represented. Without hesitation 
the work was begun by the appointment of 
Miss Emily Beeken as missionary to Africa. A 
station, known as Rotufunk, was chosen, near 



DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 47 

enough to Shaingay to co-operate witli the mis- 
of the General Hoard, yet far enough 
new country to Christianity. 

In 1877, Mrs. M. M. Mair, of Scotland, re- 
d Miss Beeken. By energy and devotion 
the work grew, new stations were Opened and 
Schools begun, and the whole was now called 
Bompeh Mission. In 1882, Rev. and Mrs. R. N, 
I relieved Mrs. Mair, who returned home 
u»r rest. In 1XX7, Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Sage, 
hrst sent to Africa by the Genera] Board, were 
employed by the Woman's Association, to take 
: a Girls' Home (called the " Mary 
established in the same year. 
Hie Home cost >_\ 000, and was dedicated in 
In 1889, it was decided to build a new 
>l-house at Rotufunk at a cost of s_\ 
ind two more teachers. Misses Frankie Wil- 
liams and I J Hie R. Shaft ner, were sent out. 
In i v American missionaries and thir- 

native teachers were employed, reaching a 
number >f towns; there were, also, three 
Schools and three Sabbath-Schools, and the 
Church membership, including rs, nnin- 

The board owns a good mission- 
I, and (.ills' Home, of American 
'.ruction, with fine- grounds, and two coun- 
Home and a st«,Tv ; [he 
who'. rty being valued at about >! ;. >oo. 

Witli the growth of the work, tl 1 10 

act * : and, in mission 



48 DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 

begun in Coburg, Germany. In 1889 this was 
transferred to the General Board. In 1882, in 
response to repeated calls, it was decided to 
open work among the Chinese of the Pacific 
coast. A year later, Rev. and Mrs. George A. 
Sickafoose were appointed to the work at Port- 
land, Oregon. They have been ably assisted 
by a native of China — Moy Ling. At the close 
of the first ten years of the history of the mis- 
sion, instruction had been given to seven hun- 
dred of the Chinese, and eighty-four had be- 
come members of the Church. The mission 
property in Portland is valued at $25,000. 

In May, 1889, the board of managers 
decided to open a mission in China, and 
in the fall of the same year Misses Australia 
Patterson and Iyillie R. ShafFner were sent out 
as missionaries, with Revs. G. Sickafoose and 
Moy lying to help locate the mission. Canton 
was chosen. Mr. Sickafoose, Miss ShafFner, 
and Moy Ling returned home the following 
summer, leaving Miss Patterson alone. While 
there, Moy Ling helped her open two day- 
schools, selecting suitable teachers. These she 
has managed ever since in connection with her 
study of the language. In December, 1891, 
Dr. S. Lovina Halverson reached Canton as a 
helper, and in December, 1892, the mission was 
further strengthened by Dr. Regina M. Bigler. 
The study of the language has been the chief 
business of these women up to this date, May, 



DEPARTMENTS OV CHURCH-WORK. VJ 

But now Miss Patterson is ready, with the 
: a competent Bible woman, whom she has 

pecored, to do evangelistic work. Miss Ilalver- 
BOO is ready to open a dispensary, with a Bible 
woman read}- to instruct all who apply for 
temporal remedies, and Dr. Bigler is almost 
to make a small beginning in the work 
of opening up a home for forsaken children. 
The board in May, 1893, appointed Rev. E. E. 
ind wife to China, and authorized the pur- 
chase of property in Canton. So that, with the 
three American missionaries, — one evangelist, 
two medical, — and the two under appointment, 
with five native helpers, — three teachers, two 
Bible women, — three day-schools with seventy- 
two pupils, and two Sabbath-schools, the 
Chinese mission is a most hopeful one. 

Since organization, the sum of $161,224.52 
has been collected. 

The total value of the property of this board 
is about 538,000. 

This society has taken especial charge of the 

action of the children and youth of the 

Church in the work of missions, and many of 

e are learning to love and encourage not 

only the mission-work, but all the work of the 

Church. 

Each step taken in our mission history has 

shown the blessing of God — the interest has 

increased, the contributions have grown, and 

and women in many parts of the world 

4 



50 DEPARTMENTS OE CHURCH-WORK. 

have received the gospel. The purpose of or- 
ganization is daily fulfilled. 

III. CHURCH-ERECTION. 

The Church-Erection Society, organized 
in 1872, was under the control of the Missionary 
Society until 1889, and was managed by its offi- 
cers. In that year it was made a distinct de- 
partment so far as its control is concerned, a 
board of directors being appointed and a secre- 
tary elected. 

This branch of work has as its object the 
loaning of money to needy societies for the 
building of churches. When help is needed, 
application is made to the board of directors, 
the money is loaned on security, and is re- 
turned without interest within one to five } T ears. 
The money is largely raised, as are the mis- 
sionary funds, by the contributions of the mem- 
bership upon assessment by the conferences. 

With this new attempt to enlarge its work, 
greater success is assured. The determination 
to open new fields in our cities, and to enlarge 
the work in these directions, makes this one of 
the most important of all the Church's depart- 
ments. 

IV. THE PUBLISHING HOUSE. 

In 1829, Aaron Farmer, of Salem, Indiana, 
began, under the auspices of the Miami Confer- 
ence, the publication of the Zion' s Advocate, a 
small religious paper. This was the first at- 



rrs oi chur< h-work. 51 

tempt .a a church paper. The enterprise soon 
failed from want of patronage, bnt it served to 
awaken an interest in church-literature. The 
ral Conference of 1833 resolved to establish 
a relij per. and appointed three trustees, 

who were authorized to collect subscriptions 

and donations, and to publish a "paper devoted 

us, moral, and literary intelligence." 
The next year these trustees bought property, 
and materials at Circleville. ( >hio, 
valued at $1, 600. The Mountain Messenger^ 
Of H en, Maryland, undertaken a few 

months before, was purchased a little later, and 
litor, Rev. W. R. Rhinehart, was made 
editor of the new enterprise. The first num- 
ber of The Religious Telescope, a small semi- 
monthly, was issued December 31, 1834. This 

f the publishing in:- 
of the Church, which has now g rown to be one 
of it- st and most important t 

The one paper then published had a circula- 

of about twelve hundred, which at <>ne 

time fell to a little more than eight hundred, 

and most of this was unpaid. It was but a short 

time, therefore, till there was a growing debt. 

good management relieved this before 
During tl 5. Wm. Ilanby and N. 

Altman were employ* ntS. In ;s>; the 

ral conference decided to remove the Print- 
' lishment to Dayton. ( >hi 



52 DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 

ingly the trustees purchased the site now hel4, 
one of the best in the city, for about $11,000.00. 
Rev. S. Vonneida was agent at that time, and 
Rev. H. Kumler, jr., assistant. The credit sys- 
tem was in vogue, and the failure of its cus- 
tomers to pay the bills due almost overwhelmed 
the business. In 1864, a debt of $52,000 had 
been created, while the assets were invoiced at 
about $63,000. At this time Mr. T. N. Sowers 
was senior agent, and soon after Rev. W. J. 
Shuey succeeded him. The agent then pro- 
posed as a method of relief the "Publication 
Fund," to be contributed by the Church. This 
plan, adopted by the General Conference of 
1865, brought over $18,000 to the establishment, 
and gave it an impetus in the right direction . 
Though the struggle was long, yet by careful 
management and judicious use of resources, the 
agent was able to pay the last of the debt in 
1880. Since then the assets have increased to 
over $280,000, the business has been greatly en- 
larged, and its credit firmly established. 

The establishment includes all the depart- 
ments necessary for complete work — wholesale 
and retail book-rooms ; press, job-printing, 
news, and mailing-rooms ; bindery ; electro- 
type and stereotype foundry, and editorial de- 
partments. It employs a large number of men 
and women, and its business is steadily in- 
creasing from year to year. 

Besides the many books prepared for the 



DEPARTMENTS OK CHURCH-WORK, , r )H 

Church, numerous periodicals are published. 
The oldest of these, The Religious Telescope, 
begun under such unfavorable circumstances, 

grown to be a strong and influential weekly. 
Among its editors have been some of the most 
prominent men of the Church. A list of their 
Ulliefl may be found in the Historical Tables, 
on page 65. The Sunday-school literature, long 
edited by Dr. D. Berger, includes the Children's 

■:d, Our Bible Teacher, the Lesson Quarter- 

and For the Little Ones. The Missionary 
I 'isilor is edited by the secretary of the Mission- 
ary Society. The circulation of these papers is 
not confined to our own Church, but their ex- 
cellence has carried them far beyond its limits. 
The General Conference of 18S9 provided for a 
new quarterly magazine in the interest of the 
educational and general work of the Church. 
Its editor was also assistant editor of the Sunday- 
school literature. The Young People's Watch- 
word was ordered by the General Conference of 
1893, thus adding an important paper to the list 
of Church publications. The ( iinnan papers, Per 

liche Botschafter and Jugend Pilger^ though 
they have a more restricted circulation, reach 
the homes and schools of the ( xerman portion 
of the Church. 

The establishment is controlled by a board of 
nine trustees, ek-eted every four years by the 

ral Conference. In immediate charge of 
the House is the publishing agent, chosen also 



54 DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 

by the General Conference. The board meets 
annually, examines the condition of the busi- 
ness, controls the property, and plans for the 
extension of the work. In the interim, an 
executive committee of three advises the agent 
when necessary. The agent has direct man- 
agement of all the business of the House, ap- 
points and pays all subordinates, plans and 
executes all its commercial enterprises, and is 
responsible for all its work. Besides these 
business officers are the editor of the Religious 
Telescope and his associate, the editor of the 
Sunday-school literature and his associate, the 
editor of the Young People's Watchword, and 
the editor of the German papers, who direct the 
periodicals with which they are connected. 

The Discipline provides that the profits of the 
establishment, beyond what are necessary as a 
reserve, shall be distributed among the confer- 
ences, according to the number of itinerants, 
for the benefit of worn-out preachers and their 
families. Such a distribution has been made 
in recent years from the funds accumulated 
through the excellent management of the re- 
sources of the House. 

V. EDUCATIONAL WORK. 

The energy of the Church was so fully occu- 
pied, during its early history, with the work 
of evangelization that but little thought was 
given to educational questions. The members 



rs OV CHURCH-WORK. 

me largely Germans, to whom an educated 
ministry was synonymous with formality and 

skepticism. The members generally were intel- 
it people and believers in the public sell 

and many of the ministers were well educated. 
Bishop Otterbein was one of the most learned 

men oi his time. But none of these thought of 
education as a part of the Chinch's work. 

Finally, in 1S45, the general conference rec- 
ommended to the conferences a consideration of 
the question o{ the establishment of a church- 
ge. In accord with the custom of the time, 
conference began to agitate the question 
of an institution for itself, instead of one cen- 
tral university for the Church. The Scioto Con- 
ference was the first to turn its discussions into 
action. In 1S46, it purchased, for about 51,300, 
"Blendon Young Men's Seminary," atWester- 
ville, Ohio. This was soon after incorporated 
as "Otterbein University of Ohio," and was 
opened for students in 1X47 — the first Church 
institution of learning. ( >ther conferences soon 
joined the Scioto in the project and united 
almost all of Ohio. President Lewis I) 

I). 1)., so long connected with Otterbein Uni- 
versity, and later with Union Biblical Semi- 
mong the men to whom 
belongs the honor of ; j forward the edu- 

cational work of the Church in this period of 
decided and continued opposition. 

Thi- the beginning of what may be 



56 DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 

termed the formative period of our educational 
histor}^, which has been marked by the organi- 
zation of very many institutions — some of them 
successful, others partially or wholly failing. 

Mt. Pleasant Institute, of Pennsylvania, was 
founded by the Alleghany Conference three 
years after Otterbein University, and after an 
existence of over ten \~ears was united with it. 
Five years after the opening of Otterbein Uni- 
versit} T , Hartsville College was founded by the 
conferences of southern Indiana. Later, in 
1856, Western College, now at Toledo, Iowa, 
was begun at Western, Iowa, for the Church 
west of the Mississippi. A number of years 
afterward, Lebanon Valley College was estab- 
lished in the East, and Westfield College in 
Illinois. After these institutions, others were 
founded in various parts of the Church, as occa- 
sion seemed to demand. Many of these are acad- 
emies, and serve as preparatory to the higher 
work of the colleges. 

These colleges and academies have all done 
good work, and most of them are growing 
in attendance and resources. Xone of them 
has been able, however, from lack of extended 
support, to attain the university rank so much 
desired. 

According to the latest report of the secre- 
tary of the Board of Education, these institu- 
tions have thirty buildings, which, with their 
grounds, are valued at $372,500. Their total 



DEPARTMENTS 02 CHURCH-WORK, 57 

productive endowment is $330,364, and contin- 
gent assets $147,201. Total property, $998,: 
debts, 1329,886. Their libraries aggregate 28,950 
volumes. There are employed eighty-six pro- 

>rs and sixty-eight other teachers. For the 
year [892-93 the total attendance of students 
was 2,625. During the quadrennium ending 
with 1893 the colleges graduated (including 
classes of 1S93) 254; the academies, 118, and 
the Seminary, 53. 

Union* Biblical Seminary, the theological 
school of the denomination, is the result of an 
imperative demand on the part of the entire 
Church. As the colleges grew in influence, and 

me centers of religious power instead of 
promoters of formality and skepticism, as had 
been predicted in early times, the need of an 
institution for the special preparation of the 
ministry was demonstrated. After full deliber- 
ation, Union Biblical Seminary was established 
at Dayton, Ohio, by order of the General Con- 
ference of 1S69. Dr. L. Davis was called from 
Otterbein University to be its senior professor, 
Revs. G. A. Funkhouser, D.D., and J. P. Lan- 
dis, D.D., being chosen as associates. For a 
number of years the Summit Street United 
Brethren Church was used for the work of the 
school, but in 1879 a building was erected in 

West Dayton. The seminary has proved itself, 

in these few years, a most valuable influence in 

our Church history. While its resources have 



58 DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 

increased materially in recent years, it is still in 
need of money, and the Church should feel 
more fully its importance as a fadlor in its life. 

The Board of Education, of twelve mem- 
bers, is elected by each General Conference. The 
objects of this board are, to awaken the Church 
to a fuller appreciation of the value of an edu- 
cated membership and ministry; to collect 
funds for the assistance of }^oung persons who 
are preparing for the ministry; to recommend 
to the colleges and academies such measures as 
will make them more efficient; to collecl; statis- 
tics of the institutions of the Church and report 
them to the General Conference. 

In accordance with these provisions, the board 
has suggested that the Church join in the ob- 
servance of the c ' Day of Prayer for Colleges ' ' — 
the last Thursday of January; that on the 
following Sabbath collections be taken in all 
the congregations for the " Beneficiary Fund." 
This fund is loaned to young men, without in- 
terest, to assist them in their preparation for 
the work of the ministry. 

The board meets annually at the Seminary at 
Dayton, during the first week of May. It has 
had a good influence in bringing together many 
of those most interested in education, and in 
suggesting plans for growth. 

VI. HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

The Historical Society of the Church of the 
United Brethren in Christ was organized in the 



DEPARTMENTS OB CHURCH-WORK. 59 

spring of [885, for the purpose of gathering and 
rving records, publications, and relics of 

the Church, and of men and women prominent 
in our Church history. A large room in the 
Publishing House has been fitted with cases, and 
here a number ot valuable articles have been 
gathered, including hies of Church periodicals. 
copies oi Church publications, autograph letters 
and manuscripts of Otterbein and other workers, 
old conference records, pictures and photographs 
of men and places, relics from Otterbein's home, 
and other articles of interest and value. 

The membership of this society includes any 
who, upon payment of one dollar or more per 
year, express an interest in the objects sought 
by the society. Its officers are chosen annually 
at the meeting held at its room during the first 
week of May. 

Its work is eminently valuable in preserving 
items of interest in our Church history and 
encouraging wider study of the Church life. 

VII. YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN UNION. 

For many years, both in Sabbath -school and 
in individual effort, the young people of the 
Church have been occupied in doing Christian 
work. For more than twenty years there have 
been in existence, in various parts of the 
Church, local Christian societies, organized for 
the purpose of directing the efforts of the 
young people. In 1S90 it was felt that these 



60 DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 

would be more effective if they were united by 
a denominational bond and given definite 
direction by the general work of the Church. 
A convention was therefore held at Dayton on 
June 4 and 5, 1890, which organized the Young 
People's Christian Union. The object of this 
union was stated to be the instruction of young 
people in Christian life and in assistance in 
church-work. The fact that there already 
existed in the denomination societies of various 
forms of organization, led to the formation of a 
broad plan which should include all societies 
of any name, leaving to each local church the 
direction of its own work. The only require- 
ment was the adoption of a few simple items 
in the constitution of the local society, and the 
payment of the annual membership fee. The 
enthusiasm of this movement grew rapidly, 
and new societies were organized in all parts of 
the Church. A second convention was held at 
Galion, Ohio, in June, 1892, when the methods 
of work were more fully planned and the organ- 
ization enlarged. 

The action of the General Conference of 1893 
made this a recognized department of the 
Church, and its work was taken under the 
care of the Church by the election of four 
members of its executive council. This coun- 
cil includes the president, corresponding secre- 
tary, and three members chosen by the union 
itself, together with the four chosen by the 



DEPARTMENTS OF CHURCH-WORK. 61 

General Conference. It has the general direc- 
tion and planning of the work, and outlines the 

efforts of the union. 

In accord with the general plan of our Church 
government, the societies of each conference 
are to be united in the conference branch. 
This gives union of effort, and brings to each 
portion of the Church an organization directly 
interested in its development. 

In order to interest the entire union in some 
particular work, and to give direction to the 
life of the society in the general Church, as 
well as in the local, it was decided in 1S91 to 
assist in the organization and maintenance of 
a mission in the city of I^os Angeles, California. 
Rev. E. A. Starkey, of Dayton, Ohio, was ap- 
pointed by the Board of Missions to organize 
this work. A lot was bought and a chapel 
erected largely through the contributions of 
the young people, made on the anniversary 
day, which is the last Sunday of May in each 
year. This work is prospering, and will receive 
the continued support of the union. 

The corresponding secretary reported to the 
General Conference of 1893 over 500 societies 
organized, with about 30,000 members. This 
General Conference decided that a young 
people's paper should be issued as an organ of 
the society for the enlargement of its work. 
It chose as editor Rev. II. V. Shupe, who will 
also serve as the corresponding secretary. 



CONCLUSION. 



A study of the faith, polity, and work of our 
Church, even brief as the foregoing, may be 
found very suggestive. It has been seen that 
in belief the Church teaches a pure faith in sal- 
vation through the atonement of Christ ; that 
in government it is as liberal as is consistent 
with efficienc}' ; that in worship its forms are 
simple and unadorned ; that in life it enjoins 
the highest godliness. The history shows that 
the Church has grown slowly but steadily, 
through the devotion of earnest workers, many 
of whom have sacrificed much for its life ; that 
little b} r little its field has been widened, first 
in the extension of its territory, afterwards in 
the development of its departments of effort ; 
that these departments, while they have grown 
in extent and influence, have been retarded by 
lack of adequate moral and financial support. 

This same study presents, also, some of the 
existing needs. If the purpose of the Church 
is to be fulfilled, earnest labor for its extension, 
devotion to the work of Christ, and purity of 
life and thought, are required. Its beliefs and 
polity settled, the development of its various 
departments of work must be pushed forward 
with energy. Our missionary and educational 
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v LUSION. 



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interests — the parts most dependent upon the 
benevolence of the members— need more earnest 
and enthusiastic support. Bach member must 
realize that he is responsible for a portion of the 
work of the Church in the spreading of th« 
pel, both for the salvation of the heathen in dis- 
tant lands and for the extension of the Church 
in our own land. Parents must feel the import- 
ance of thorough education, in our own schools, 
fo:' their children, if the Church is to have such 
a membership as may be able to present its 
claims in an educated world. Young people 
must grow to a deeper desire for the knowledge 
which our schools and colleges can supply. In 
our church-publications are the elements of in- 
telligence, union, and Strength ; hence, these 
should receive constant support, both in the 
purchase of books and periodicals and in the 
enlargement of the circle of patrons, old and 
young should feel that these are Church inter- 
designed to promote the growth and I 
the work of its members, upon whom is the 
-nsibilit;. 

r Church has won for itself a worthy place 
among Christian denominations. It has done 
much for the salvation of men. But its influ- 

will be widened only as its members are 

work and its interests. To secure 

the greatest results in earnest Christian labor, 
a broad and enthusiastic church-spirit must be 
cultivated. 



HISTORICAL AND STATIS- 
TICAL TABLES. 



General Officers. 

BISHOPS. 

1800—1813, William Otterbein (died, 1813) and Martin 
Boehm (died, 1812). 

1813—1814, Christian Newcomer. 

1814—1815, Christian Newcomer. 

1815—1817, Christian Newcomer and Andrew Zeller. 

1817—1821, Christian Newcomer and Andrew Zeller. 

1821—1825, Christian Newcomer and Joseph Hoffman. 

1825 — 1829, Christian Newcomer and Henry Kumler, sen. 

1829—1833, Christian Newcomer ( died, 1830 ) and Henry 
Kumler, sen. 

1833—1837, Henry Kumler, sen., Samuel Heistand, and Wil- 
liam Brown. 

1837—1841, Henry Kumler, sen., Samuel Heistand (died, 
1838), and Jacob Erb. 

1841—1845, Henry Kumler, sen., Jacob Erb, Henry Kumler, 
jun., and John Coons. 

1845—1849, John Russel, J. J. Glossbrenner, and William 
Hanby. 

1849—1853, J. J. Glossbrenner, Jacob Erb, and David Ed- 
wards. 

1853 — 1857, J. J. Glossbrenner, David Edwards, and Lewis 
Davis. 

1857—1861, J. J. Glossbrenner, David Edwards, Lewis 
Davis, D.D., and John Russel. 

1861 — 1865, J. J. Glossbrenner, David Edwards, Jacob 
Markwood, Daniel Shuck, and Henry Kumler, jun. 

1865—1869, J. J. Glossbrenner, David Edwards, Jacob 
Markwood, Jonathan Weaver, and Daniel Shuck. 

1869—1873, J. J. Glossbrenner, David Edwards, D.D., Jon- 
athan Weaver, and John Dickson. 
64 



HISTORICAL TABLES. 65 

. J. J. Glossbrenner, David Edwards, DJX died 

ithan Weaver, I>.1>., and John Dickson* 
1877— 1881, J. J. Glossbrenner, Jonathan Weaver, D.D. 

John Dickson, \KD., Milton Wright, J). I)., and Xichola- 

Castle. 

1881—1885, J. J. Glossbrenner, D.D., Jonathan Weaver, 
D.D., John Dickson, D.D., EL B. Kephart, D.D., and Nicho- 
ksile. 
1885—1880, J. J. Glossbrenner, D.D., Emeritus (died. 
Jonathan Weaver, D.D., E. B. Kephart, D.D., X. Castle, J. 
Dickson, D.D., M. Wright, D.D., D. K. Flickinger, D.D. 

, Jonathan Weaver, D.D., E. B. Kephart, D.D., 
LL.D., N. Castle. D.D., J. Dickson, D.D., J. W. Hott, D.D. 
1807, Jonathan Weaver, D.D., Emeritus; E. B. Kep- 
hart, D.D., LL.D., X. Castle, D.D., J. W. Hott, D.D., J. S. 
Mills, D.D., Ph.D. 

AGENTS OF THE PUBLISHING HOUSE. 

Three Trustees — John Russel, Jonathan Dres- 
bach, Georgo Dresbach— and Kditor W* R. 
Rhinehart 1S34 to 1831 

Rev. Win. Ilanby, Treasurer and Agent 1S37 to 1839 

W in. Hanbv, Agent and Editor 1^:59 to 1845 

Rev. J. Markwood ( elected, but did not serve). .1S45 

X. Altaian 1S45 to 1852 

Rev. Win. Ilanby 1858 to 1853 

S. Vonnieda 1853 to 1854 

S. Vonnieda ami Rev, H. Kumler, jun 1854 

Rev. S. Vonnieda and T. N. Sowers 1855 to 1861 

T. N. Bowers and J. B. King 1861 t 

I. N. Bowen and Rev. W. J. Bhney 1864 to 

W. J. Bhney and T. N. In;:, 

W. J. Bhney and Rev. Win. IfcKee 1865 1 

W.J.Shney 1866 

EDITORS OF THE "RELIGIOUS TELESCOPE." 

Win. Rhineharl 1884 to 

Win. Han by 1830 to 1845 

D. Edwards 1845 to 1848 

Wni. Ilanby [848 I 

Asa r. John Lawrence i- 

5 



66 HISTORICAL TABLES. 

Rev. John Lawrence 1852 to 1864 

Rev.D.Berger 1864 to 1869 

Rev. M. Wright ..1869 to 1873 

Assistant : Rev. D. Berger 1869 to 1873 

Rev. M. Wright and Rev. W. 0. Tobey, A. M... .1873 to 1877 

Rev. J. W. Hott, D.D 1877 to 1889 

Assistants : Rev. W. 0. Tobey, A.M 1877 to 1881 

Rev. M. R. Drury, A.M 1881 to 1889 

Rev. I. L. Kephart, D.D 1889 

Associate: Rev. M. R. Drury, D.D .1889 

EDITORS OF SABBATH-SCHOOL, PERIODICALS. 

Bishop D.Edwards 1854 to 1857 

Rev. Alex. Owen 1857 to 1859 

Rev.S.Yonnieda 1859 to 1869 

Rev. D. Berger, D.D 1869 to 1893 

Associate : Rev. J. W. Etter, D.D 1889 to 1893 

Rev. J. W. Etter, D.D 1893 

Associate : Rev. H. A. Thompson, D.D., LL.D.1893 

EDITORS OF "UNITY MAGAZINE." 

Bishop David Edwards 1853 to 1857 

Rev. Alex. Owen 1857 to 1859 

EDITORS OF "QUARTERLY REVIEW." 

Rev. J. W. Etter, D.D 1S89 to 1893 

Associates: Rev. G. A. Funkhouser, D.D....1S91 to 1892 
Rev. J. P. Landis,D.D., Ph.D...lS91 to 1892 

Rev. A. W. Drury,D.D 1891 to 1892 

Professors of Union Biblical Seminary 1893 

EDITOR OF "YOUNG PEOPLE'S WATCHWORD." 

Rev. H. F. Shupe. 1893 

EDITORS OF GERMAN PAPERS. 

Rev. John Russel (unofficial) 1840 to 1841 

Rev. Jacob Erb 1841 to 1842 

Rev. N.Altman 1846 to 1847 

Rev. D. Strickler 1847 to 1851 

Rev. Henry Staub 1851 to 1855 

Rev. Julius Degmeier 1855 to 1858 

Rev. S. Vonnieda 1858 to 1866 

Rev. Ezekiel Light 1866 to 1869 



William MitfcMMkff 1 900 to 1885 

.t 1888 

ttendorf 1880 I 

:it, DJ) 1808 

EDITORS OF "WOMAN'S EVANGEL." 

A 1882 to 1893 

: Mrs, L. K. Miller, M.A 1888 to 1808 

Mr.-. L. K. Millar, M.A 1803 

SECRETARIES OF THE BOARD OF MISSIONS. 

J. C. Bright 

. D.D 1881 to 18S5 

(Rev. J. C. Bright acted as Secretary for a 
BQmber of months during 1857 and 1 ."»% but 
was c impelled by declining health to leave 
the work.) 

DJD : 

try 1-7 *(, 1888 

..F. Booth, D.I). 1 1— to 1803 

1803 

TREASURERS OF THE BOARD OF MISSIONS. 

-.hnKernp IV,:; to 1800 

v.'m. McK.-.- 1806 to 1833 

1-7.; to 1-77 

Bar. J. K. BOlheimer 1-77 to 1888 

Eev. Win. McK.e 1-7) 

SECRETARIES OF CHURCH-ERECTION SOCIETY. 

i of Board oi - 1872 to 1880 

: 

1800 I 

. I. I>. Rrane,A.M 1800 

TREASURERS OF CHURCH-ERECTION SOCIETY. 

1-72 

SECRETARIES OF WOMAN'S MISSIONARY 
ASSOCIATION. 

Mr.-. 1-. r. M.A 1--1 to 1893 

. F, Witt.... 1800 






6S HISTORICAL TABLES. 

SECRETARIES OF THE SABBATH-SCHOOL 
ASSOCIATION. 

Rev.I.Crouse 1869 to 1877 

Col. Robert Cowden, Lit.D 1877 

GENERAL MANAGER OF UNION BIBLICAL 
SEMINARY. 

Rev. D. R. Miller 1885 



General Church Boards. 

1893-1897. 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CHURCH. 

Rev. D. R. Miller, Hon. J. A. Shauck, Rev. Wm. McKee, 
Rev. W. J. Shuey, Rev. G. M. Mathews, John Dodds, Bishop 
E. B. Kephart, D.D., LL.D., Bishop N. Castle, D.D., Rev. 
J. W. Lilly, Prof. J. P. Landis, D.D., Ph.D., Bishop J. W. 
Hott, D.D., and President T. J. Sanders, Ph. D. 

BOARD OF MISSIONS. 

Meets annually. Bishop J. Weaver, D.D., President; 
Bishops E. B. Kephart, D.D., LL.D., N. Castle, D.D., J. W. 
Hott, D.D., and J. S. Mills, D.D., Ph.D.; John Dodds, 
Prof. G. A. Funkhouser, D.D., Prof. R. J. White, A.M., 
Rev. J. F. Bartmess, Rev. A. P. Funkhouser, A.M., Rev. 
A. M. Snyder, Rev. George Miller, D.D., and one member 
chosen by each annual conference. 

CHURCH-ERECTION BOARD. 

Meets annually. Bishop J. Weaver, D.D., President; 
Bishops E. B. Kephart, D.D., LL.D., N. Castle, D.D., J. W. 
Hott, D.D., J. S. Mills, D.D., Ph. D. ; L. Bookwalter, D.D., 
John Dodds, Rev. D. W. Sprinkle, Rev. George Miller, D.D., 
and Rev. B. W. Bowman. 



HISTORICAL TAiU.KS. 69 

WOMAN'S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. 

aally. Board of Trustees \s eleeted annually. 

For im they are Mrs. L. K. Miller, President ; Mrs, Lillio 

r Harfortl, Mrs. A. L. Billheimer, Mrs. <i. A. Funk- 

r, Mrs. & P. Witt, Mrs, D. L. Rike, Mrs. & Marot, 

. Misfl Ellen Groenendyke, 

SUNDAY-SCHOOL BOARD. 

Meets semiannually. Rev. C. J. Kephart, A.M., Preai- 
dent ; Hon. M. Edmonds, Rev. J. H. Dickson, Rev. T. D. 

Adams, A.M., and Miss Estelle Krolm. 

TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLISHING HOUSE. 

annually. D. W. Crider, Prof. R. J. White, A.M., 
W. 0. Fries, A.M., Rev. A* C. Wilmore, K. R. Smith, 
M.D., Rev. Miller, DA)., D. L. Rika, Rev, G. M. 

Mathews, JohnDodds. 

DIRECTORS OF UNION BIBLICAL SEMINARY. 
Meet annually. D. L. Rike, Rev. S. W, Keister, A.M., 
Rev. J. W, Lilly, Rev. C. I. B. Brane, A.M., John Knox, 
G. W. Deaver, B. E. Knmler, Rev. G, M. Mathews, 
Rev. I). W, Sprinkle, Rev. H. A. Thompson, D.D., LL.D. 
BOARD OF EDUCATION. 

.ually. Bishop K. B. Kephart, I). I)., LL.D., 
; Free. T. J. Banders, Ph.D., Prot G. A. Fnnk- 
r, I).D., Prof. R. J, White, A.M., Prof, Henry < 
wdeh, Lit.D., Rev. J. W. Etter, D.D., 

W. M. : r, D.D., LL.D., TV*-. K. B. Bierman, Ph.D., 

Rfcv. L. Bookwalter, I).D. 

HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
• - annually, and elects officers annually. The <>fHcers 

dent t Bishop K. B, Kephart, DJX, LL.D.; Pfce- 
. < . 1. 1>. Pranr, A.M., R.v. (,. M. Mathews; 
\. W. Drory, D.r>., Dayton, Ohio; 1 
xtrer, S. L. Herr, Dayton, Ohio; Ubrariant K. L. Bhney, 
\.M.. Dayton, Oliio. Board of M 

Bishop -T. Weaver, 1 >.P., Rev. W. J. Bhney, 
Rev. 1. L. Kephart, D.D., B rv. L. Bookwalter, D.D . 
W. I. Beatty, P.D. 



70 HISTORICAL TABLES. 

YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN UNION. 

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 

President, Prof. J. P. Landis, D,D., Dayton, Ohio ; Corre- 
sponding Secretary, Rev. H. F. Shupe, Dayton, Ohio ; Rev. 
W. A. Dickson, Mrs. W. P. Harford, Rev. M. R. Drury, 
D.D., Miss Estelle Krohn, E. L. Shuey, A.M., J. A. Eby, 
Ptev.W.O. Fries, A.M. 

Vice-Presidents. 

Rev. H. D. Lehman, Middletown, Pennsylvania ; Rev. L. 
B. Hix, Mnscatine, Iowa ; Rev. J. W. Hicks, Fostoria, Ohio ; 
Rev. P. M. Herrick, La Crosse, Kansas ; Rev. E. A. Starkey, 
A.M., Los Angeles, California. 

Recording Secretary, E. A. Runkle, Lisbon, Iowa ; Treas- 
urer, Chester B. Boda, Dayton, Ohio; Editor, Rev. H. F. 
Shupe, Dayton, Ohio. 



Educational Institutions. 

Otterbein University — Westerville, Ohio. Founded, 1847. 

Western College — Toledo, Iowa. Founded, 1S56. 

Lane University — Lecompton, Kansas. Founded, 1865. 

Philomath College— Philomath, Oregon. Founded, 1865. 

Westfield College— Westfield, Illinois. Founded, 1865. 

LebdnonValley CoZZe^e— Annville, Pennsylvania. Founded, 
1867. 

San Joaquin Valley College— Woodbridge, California. 
Founded, 1878. 

Avalon College— Avalon, Missouri. Founded as Academy, 
1869 ; as College, 1881. 

York College— -York, Nebraska. Founded, 1890. 

Union Biblical Seminary — Theological — Dayton, Ohio. 
Founded, 1871. 

Shenandoah Institute — Dayton, Virginia. Founded, 1S76. 

Edwards Academy — White Pine, Tennessee. Founded, 
1877. 

Fostoria A cademy— Fostoria, Ohio. Founded, 1879. 

West Virginia Normal and Classical Academy — Buckhan- 
non West Virginia. Founded, 1882. 

Erie Conference Seminary— Sugar Grove, Warren County, 
Pa. Founded, 1884. 

North' Manchester College— North Manchester, Indiana. 
Founded 1889. 

Central Co liege— Enterprise, Kansas. Founded, 1891. 

Rufus Clark and Wife IVaining-School—Shaingay, West 
Africa. Founded, 1887. 

Desired information may be obtained from the Presidents 
and Principals of these institutions. 



HISTORICAL TABLES. 71 

The Church. 

HISTORICAL OUTLINE. 

Philip William Otterbein was born in Germany, 

me to America as a Missionary, 1752; Pastor 

in Baltimore, 177} until his death, 1 S 1 3 ; Bishop in 
the United Brethren Church, 1800-1813. 

Religious Movement under Otterbein and Boehm, 
1S00. 

First Conference, Baltimore. Maryland, 1789. 

Church Formally Organized in Frederick County, 
Maryland, 1S00. 

st General Conference, Mt. Pleasant, Penna., 1815, 

Confession of Faith Revised and Formally Adopted 

St Sunday School Organized, in Corydon, Indiana 
1820. 

Publishing House Kstablished, at Circleville Ohio 
1834. 

Constitution Adopted. 

First College Founded, Otterbein University, 1847. 

Home, Frontier, and Foreign Missionary Society 
Organize 

ssionary Work in Africa Begun. 1- 

Sunday-School Association Organized, 1865. 

Board of Education Organized, 1S69. 

Chnreh-Krection Society Organized. : 
ionary Work in Germany Begun, 

Union Biblical Seminary Founded, [f 

Woman- Missionary Association Organized, 1 

lionary Work Among the Chinese on Pa 
Coast Begun, : 

ssionary Work in China Begrn 
nded Constitution and :1 Q { 

Faith Adopte 



72 HISTORICAL TABLES. 

Young People's Christian Union Organized, June 
5, 1890. 

Territory Occupied, United States, Canada, and 
Missions in Germany, Africa, and China. 



GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP. 

1813 1 10,000 1850 1 40,000 1880 -157,835 

1820 1 9,000 1853 1 47,000 1890 197,123 

1835 1 20,000 1861 -94,453 1892 203,893 

1845 1 30,000 1870 118,055 1893 204,517 

1 Estimated. 

GENERAL CONFERENCES. 
1 8 15 — Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. 
1817 — Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. 
1821 — Mr. DeWalt Mechlin's, Fairfield County, Ohio. 
1825— Tuscarawas County, Ohio. 

1829 — Mr. DeWalt Mechlin's, Fairfield County, Ohio. 
1833 — Dresbach's Church, Pickaway County, Ohio. 
1837 — Germantown, Ohio. 

1841 — Dresbach's Church, Pickaway County, Ohio. 
1845— Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. 
1849 — Germantown, Ohio. 
1853 — Miltonville, Ohio. 
1857 — Cincinnati, Ohio. 
1861 — Westerville, Ohio. 
1865— Western, Iowa. 
1869 — Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 
1873 — Dayton, Ohio. 
1877— Westfield, Illinois. 
1881 — Lisbon, Iowa. 
1885 — Fostoria, Ohio. 
1889 — York, Pennsylvania. 
1893 — Dayton, Ohio. 



HISTORICAL TAi ' 
ORGANIZATION OF ANNUAL CONFERENCES. 

st conference of ministers of the Hast was held 
in 17S9. 

. cond conference of ministers was held in 1791. 

Following these, necessary business was transacted 

at "big meetings, " or on the authority of two or more 

preachers, — 1 792- 1 799. 

The original conference in the East was constituted 

too. 

TIME OF ORGANIZATION. 

The First Six Conferences were: 

Original Conference 1S00 

Miami 1810 

-vingum 1818 

Scioto 1S25 

Indiana 1830 

Pennsylvania and Virginia Conferences made separate 1831 

Allegheny 1839 

Arkansas Valley 1SS1 

Auglaize ( first called Maumee) 1S53 

California 1861 

Central Illinois 1S65 

Central Ohio 187S 

Colorado 1S72 

Columbia River ( first called Cascade, then Walla Walla) 1865 

Dakota ( now not a separate conference) 1871 

De» IfoftBCI 1861 

.••rman 18*70 

East Nebraska 

East Ohio (by union of Muskingum and Western 

Reserve 1886 

: ennsylvania ... 1846 

Elkhorn ( now not a separate conference 1882 

Elkhorn and Dakota united 

Erie... 1854 

Germany . 189,, 



74 HISTORICAL TABLES. 

Hagerstown ( the original conference, no longer dis- 
tinctly preserved) 1800 

Illinois 1845 

Indiana . 1830 

Iowa 1844 

Kansas 1857 

Lower Wabash 1858 

Maryland 1887 

Miami 1810 

Michigan ( first called North Michigan) 1862 

Minnesota 1857 

Missouri 1858 

Muskingum ( part of East Ohio) 1818 

Neosho 1870 

North Michigan ( first called Saginaw) 1877 

North Ohio (first called Michigan) 1853 

Northwest Kansas (first called West Kansas) 1879 

Ohio German 1853 

Ontario (first called Canada) 1856 

Oregon 1854 

Parkersburg 1857 

Pennsylvania (by division of Hagerstown Conference).. 1831 

Rock River 1S53 

St. Joseph 1845 

Sandusky 1834 

Scioto 1825 

Sherbro 1893 

South Missouri (first called Southwest Missouri) 1881 

Southwest Kansas 1893 

Tennessee 1S66 

Upper Wabash 1835 

Virginia (by division of Hagerstown Conference) 1831 

West Nebraska 1878 

Western Reserve ( part of East Ohio) 1861 

White River..... 1846 

Wisconsin 1858 



HISTORICAL TAB] 

CENSUS OF 1890, BY STATES. 







California 

Colorado 

Idaho 
Illinois 

India;: 

Kentucky 

Maryland 

gati 

Minn 

iri 

Nebraska 

New York 

Ohio. 

Oregon 

Pennsylvania 
So. Dakota.... 

Tennessee 

Virginia 

:igton .. 
W. Virginia.. 



I 



24 

iS 

320 
569 
"3 
322 

13 

147 

13 
526 

27 
259 



Total 



15 



1 
ft 

- 

bi 



l.Soo 



244- ^7,465 
476J . 



10 



U 

tsfi 



55j 
93 
23 

75 
23 

691 - 

a 

466- 

& 

65- 
13 

4S 



3J-200 

2,400! 
i4.3"Oi 
27.405' 

4.975 1 
14.150 
16.775 

5,975 
105,755 

2,100 
147.036' 

1. 175 

5.600 
11,500 

3.4oo 

8,850 



915 
1.500 

200 
5S 10,345 
62 10.425 

1S1 20,280 

■ 75 



5.515 

1,450 
5325 

1. 015 
5,295 

5 no 

700 
100 



O u 



$28,400 
32,800 



260,075 

551.636 
211.323 

4,700 

133.250 

47,825 
S4.950 
34,650 

11,100 

,086,135 
4.150 

22,000 
140.645 



292,643 



100 

35.^24 

10,401 

567 
4,736 
5.201 

803 
4.361 
5,673 

953 

47.678 

493 

33.951 

493 

1,141 

5.3o6 

494 

12.242 






SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. 

£ hun ited t-,-,6-,800 

First Known Sunday-School, near Corv 
Indiana 

Sunday-School in Otterbeiti's Church 
Baltimore, Maryland.... ' T o„ 

Snnday-S 

Only 



76 HISTORICAL TABLES. 

5. First Mention of "Sabbath-School" in Book 

of Discipline ^49 

6. First Children's Paper Published 1854 

7. First Organization of Sunday-School Board 

of Managers ^65 

8. First Notes on International Sunday-School 

Lessons, at Commencement of System, 
January 1 s 73 

9. First Sunday- School Singing Book with 

Music 1873 

10. First Sunday-School Library Published 1874 

11. First Sunday-School Normal Class, at Gal- 

ion, Ohio 1876 

12. First Sunday-School Normal Institute, 

Chautauqua Method, Arcanum, Ohio, 
October 1877 

13. First Children's Day, July 4 1880 

14. First Sunday-School Assembly, Lisbon, 

Iowa, August 1880 

1 5- Organization of Home Reading Circle 1881 

16. Organization of Bible Normal Union, Oc- 

tober 19 1886 

17. Adoption of Plan of Annual Examination 

on International Sunday-School Lessons, 
April 1890 

18. General Movement toward Introduction of 

Home Department in Sunday-School, 
September 14 1891 

STATISTICAL. 

Number in Sunday- Schools — 

1865 78,099 1885 I94.758 

1870 128,842 1890 245,447 

1875 160,900 1892 261,919 

1880 185,960 

Chautauqua Normal Union, 1874-1884 500 

Assembly Normal Union, January 1, 1884,— Oc- 
tober 19, 1886 5 2 4 

Bible Normal Union, October 19, 1886.— April 

24, 1893 3> 62 4 



historic u, TABLES. 77 

Members of Churches in the 
United States. 

(Arra- 

Adventists 57,619 

Baptists, Freewill 87,89s 

pillar— Colored 1,362,140 

Baptists, Regular— North 800,025 

Baptists, Regular— South 1,276,491 

Baptists — 9 other bodies 166,780 

3,693,334 

Christian 90,718 

Congregationalists 512,771 

Disciples of Christ 641,051 

Dur.kards ( 4 bodies ) 73 795 

Evangelical Association 133,313 

Friends (4 bodies) 107,208 

German Evangelical Synod of North 

America 187,432 

Lutheran — General Council 324,846 

Lutheran— General Synod 164,640 

Lutheran — Synodical Conference 357,153 

Lutheran— United Norwegian 119,972 

Lutheran— 13 other bodies 240,604 

1,207,215 

Mennonite ( 13 bodies | 41, 541 

Methodist— African M. E 452,725 

Methodist— African M. E. Zion 349,7^ 

Methodist— Episcopal 2,240,354 

Methodist— Episcopal, South 1,209,976 

Methodist— Protestant 141,989 

Methodist— Other forms, embracing 12 

bodies 194,452 

4,5- 

Mormons ( 2 bodies) 166,125 

Presbyterian, Cumberland 164,940 

Presbyterian in United States (South)... 179,721 
Presbyterian in United States of America 788,224 

Presbyterian, United 

iher bodies 

- — 1 . : 



78 HISTORICAL TABLES. 

Protestant Episcopal 532,054 

Reformed Church in America (Dutch)... 92,970 

Reformed Church in United States 204,018 

Unitarians 67,749 

United Brethren in Christ 202,474 

Universalists 49, 194 

Other Denominations (37 in number) 252,402 

Total 14,181,085 

Jews, Orthodox 57,597 

Jews, Reformed... 72,899 



130,496 

6,276,499 
Total Church Membership 20,588,077 



Catholic, Roman 6,250,045 

Catholic — Other Divisions 26,454 



HOME, I R( IN 111 K. AND F( >REIGN 

Missionary Society 

OF THE 

UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. 



( irganized in 1853. 



REV. W. M. BELL, 

Corresponding Secretary, Dayton, Ohio. 

REV. WILLIAM McKEE, 

Treasurer, Dayton, Onio. 



This Society supports missions in Africa, Ger- 
many, Canada, and various parts of the United 
3taU s. 

Annual reports id pamphlel form arc issued by 
the Secretary and Treasurer, These reports con- 
tainalso the proceedings of the annual meetings 
>f the Board, and may be obtained by application 
ither of these officers. 
Persons disposed to make donations to this 
ty by will, are requested to observe the fol- 
lowing form: 

Form op Bequest. 

and bequeath unto the Some, Front ier, and Foreign 
ty of the United Brethren in < !hrifit, organ- 
ised by the General Conference of said Church, May 90th, 
the sum of -dollars ; and the reeeipl of the Treae- 
uer of the nffioienl discharge thereof 

Nan. 

1 



OF THE 

UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. 



Organized in 1872. 



Kev. C. I. B. Brane, A.M., 

Corresponding Secretary, Dayton, Ohio. 
Eev. "Wm. McKee, Treasurer, Dayton, Ohio. 



The object of this Society is to aid in the erec- 
tion of church-houses in places where it would be 
very difficult to build without such assistance. 
Money is loaned on good security, without inter- 
est, to such churches as receive the approval of 
the Board, the money to be returned within from 
two to five years. 

Funds are secured by the regular contributions 
of the Church, and by special donations. Special 
gifts and bequests are earnestly solicited. 
Address 

REV. C. I. B. BRANE, Cor. Sec, 

Dayton, Ohio. 



The Woman's Missionary Association 

• >r i iik 

UNITED BRETHREN IX CHRIST. 

ORGANIZED IN 1875. 

B. r. Witt, Cor. Secretary, Dayton, Ohio. 
Mas. i>. L. Bulb* Treasurer, Dayton, Ohio, 
This Association at present conducts missions in Africa 
and china, and among the Chinese on the Pacific c 

ition includes local Women's Bfissionary Asso- 
ciations, Young Ladies' Bands, ami Children's Bands. It 
publishes a monthly periodical — the Wonm,,' 
edited by Mrs. L. K. Miller, M. A., with Mr-. Keister liar- 
ford as editorial co r respondent. Price, 50 cents per annum. 

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS. 
Mr>. L. K. Miller, President, Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. Koister 
Harford, First Vice-President, Omaha, Nebraska ; Mrs. A. L. 
Billheimer, Second Vice-President, White Pine, Tenm 

Mr-. .1. w. Etter, Third Vice-President. Dayton, Ohio; Mrs. 
B. F. Witt, Corresponding and Recording Secretary, Day- 
ton, Ohio; Mrs. J). L. Hike, Treasurer, Dayton, Ohio ; Mrs 

Benj. M.not. Dayton, Ohio ; Mrs. 6. A. Funkhouser, Dayton, 
Ohio; Miss EUen Groenendyke, New Decatur, Alabama. 

: on ARIES. 

China, 

Australia Patterson Canton, China 

S. Lovina Halverson, M.D ( lanton, China 

M. Bigler, M.D Canton, China 

.. E. Fix Canton, China 

Africa, 

•id Mr-. P. N. West Rotufunk Station 

M arietta Hatfield, M.D Rotufonk Station 

. N. ( lain Rotufunk St 

M ary Mutch Cain Rotufunk Station 

Lydia Thomas Rotufunk Station 

Klla Schenck Rotufunk Station 

w. B.Johnson Teachers at Palli 

J aliauna Thompson Teacher at Bompeh 

hooL 

• Sirkafoo-e Portland. Ol 

Mr-. M. K. sirkafoose Portland, Oi 

Portland, i » 

FORM OR BEQUEST, 
rid bequeath to tie- Woman'- Mi--ionar\ 
tiation of tfa Brethren in Christ the sum 

Kobe applied t<> the purpo >rth in the Artie] 

[noorporation adopted March 28, 188L 

Name 

Prompt notice of all bequests should be -"tit to tfa 
respon itary. 



GENERAL 

Sabbath-School Board 

OF THE 

UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. 



Col. R. Cowden, Lit. D., Cor. Secretary, Dayton, 0. 
Rev. W. J. Shuey, Treasurer, Dayton, Ohio. 



The object of this organization is to promote the cause 
of Sabbath schools by assisting indigent schools, by edu- 
cating teachers, and by introducing tfhe best methods of 
organization and work. The Board also conducts the Bible 
Normal Union and the Home Reading Circle. 

THE BIBLE NORMAL UNION 

is organized on a plan similar to the Chautauqua Assembly 
Normal Union, and awards diplomas on completion of its 
course of study. 

THE HOME READING CIRCLE 

aims to promote intelligence by organized reading and 
study in the home. 

children's day 

is a day — the first Sunday in June — set apart for special 
children's services. It is requested that the collections 
taken on this day be forwarded to the Treasurer of this 
Board for use in assisting needy schools. 

For full particulars concerning the Bible Normal Union, 
Home Reading Circle, and Children's Bay, and for general 
information, apply to 

Col. R. Cowden, Cor. Sec'y, 

Dayton, Ohio. 
4 



GENERAL 



Board of Edueatiop 

Of TIIK 

/TED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. 



Organized in 1876. 



Rev. L. BOOKWALTER, A. Bf., Corresponding Secre- 
tary, Dayton, Ohio. 

Kkv. (t. A. FUNKHOUSER, D. D., Treasurer, Dayton, 
Ohio. 



The object of this Board is to encourage education 
in the Church, by the publication of tracts, etc.; to 
collect, and publish the educational statistics and 
report the condition of the educational institutions of 
the Church; to make recommendations to their mana- 
to harmonize courses of study; to prevent the 
unnecessary multiplication of schools; and to secure 
funds and loan them without interest, to assist 
in the education of indigent young persons who are 
preparing for ministerial or missionary work in the 
Church. Special attention is invited to the last ob- 
ject — the collection of an Educational Beneficiary 
Fund. 

The Treasurer will be pleased to receive special 
gifts and bequests for thi^ fund. 

For special information, apply to the Secretary. 



UNION BIBLICAL SEMINARY, 

DAYTON, OHIO. 



FOUNDED IN 1871. 



COUESE OF STUDY. 

The course of study embraces three years, and 
is similar to that of other theological institutions. 
Special attention is given to Sunday-school normal 
work. 

i 

FACULTY. 

Rev. G. A. Funkhouser, D.D., Senior Professor, 
Cherry Professor of Greek Exegesis and Homi- 
letics. 

Eev. J. P. Landis, D.D., Ph.D., Professor of 
Hebrew and Old Testament Theology. 

Eev. A. W. Drury, D.D., Professor of Systematic 
Theology. 

Eev. S. D. Faust, A.M., Professor of Church 
History. 

GENERAL MANAGER. 

Eev. D. E. Miller, Dayton, Ohio, to whom letters 
of inquiry may be addressed. Bequests and dona- 
tions to the Endowment Fund or Contingent 
Fund are solicited. 

6 



HISTORICAL SOCIETY 



UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. 



REV. A. \V. Drury, D. D., Corresponding Secretary, 
Dayton, Ohio. 

K. I.. ShTTEY, A. If., Librarian, Dayton, Ohio. 



- Historical Society was organist rporated in 

1885, a i d recognised and approYed by the General 

Conference of the Church. It is under the control of a Board 

It> office, 
I museum are located in ti.. Publishing I! 
ton, Ohi<>. 

: the Church may become :i iuhhUt, upon 

initiation fee of one dollar, an<l one dollar annually there- 
after. 

'to collect and preeerre information mcon- 
of the Church of the 
Brethren in CI ml in- 

in the form \ mphlets, d • 

• ii <<t 
books, 

i hnrch, w. 
with the Becretary. Aiiielet nay bi 



YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN UNION 

OF THE 

United Brethren in Christ. 



Prof. J. P. Landis, D.D., President, Dayton, Ohio. 

Rev. H. F. Shupe, Corresponding Secretary, Day- 
ton, Ohio. 

The object of this Union is to unite all the young 
people's Christian societies of the denomination into a 
working band for " mutual helpfulness, for stimulating 
Church loyalty and an intelligent interest in the various 
Church enterprises." Its motto is, "For the glory oi 
God and the salvation of men." Its work is done en- 
thusiastically by the young people, and their life has 
a large influence in the Church. 

Membership in the Union is secured by the adop- 
tion of a single clause as a part of the constitution of the 
local society, and the payment of the annual fee to the 
Treasurer through the Conference Secretary. When 
the Conference is not organized, the fee is to be paid 
directly to the Treasurer. 

The Conventions are held biennially, beginning 
June, 1890. The direction of the work is in the hands 
of the Executive Council. 

Young People's Day is the last Sunday in May of 
each year. Special programs are arranged. 

For special information, read the Young- People's 
Watchword, or write to the Secretary at Dayton, Ohio. 



• -THE- • 

Religious Telescope. 

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< >K Till. 

UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. 



y member of the United Brethren Church 

should be a uler of this paper. Only 

by reading it constantly can anyone obtain such 
knowledge of the Church, and all its interests, as 
every member should possess. But it not only 
contains important Church news; it also presents 
each week a large variety of general religions, 
literary, and Becular reading, adapted to all 
It is n<>w in its Becond half-century oi existence, 
and in matter and form is abreast with the times. 
It you arc not a subscriber. Bend i<>v it at once, and 
do not deprive yourself and your family of its 
elevating influence for another week. You may 
give your subscription to your pastor, or Bend it 
direct to the publisher. Te 3 per year, in 

advance; in clubs of five or more, $1.75 ; in clubs 
of ten or in- 1 cash in advance. 

Add] 

REV. W. J. 5HUEY, 

Dayton, Ohio. 



Sbe Woman's Evangel. 

A MONTHLY JOURNAL 

OF THE WOMAN'S MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED 
BRETHREN IN CHRIST. 

Devoted to the interests of missionary and 
Christian work. Every woman in the Church 
should read it. 

Rates, per annum, 50 cents in advance. 

Address Mrs. L. K. Miller, 

Dayton, Ohio. 

tfroeblicbe Botscbafter. 

A WEEKLY PAPER IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE. 

Published in the interest of the German mem- 
bers of the Church. 

Terms , $1.75 per year, cash in advance. 

Address W. J. Shtjey, Publisher, 
Dayton, Ohio. 

l^onna people's Watcbworo, 

A WEEKLY JOURNAL 

Devoted to the Interests of the Young People's Chris- 
tian Union, 

It should be read by all the young people of the 
Church. Eight quarto pages. 
Price, $1.00 per annum, cash in advance. 

Address "W. J. Shuey, Publisher, 
Dayton, Ohio. 

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THE LIFE OF 

BISHOP J. J. GLOSSBRENM, D. D., 

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Hymn and Revival Anecdotes, Texts, Subjects, 
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THE COMING REVIVAL 



A SERIES OF TRACTS FOR THE 

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Edited by REV. E. S. LORENZ, A. M. 



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No. 6.— Conversion. By Prof. J. P. Landis, D. D. 
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Zuck, A. M. 
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THE PREACHER AND HIS SERMON. 

A Treatise on Homilctics. 






By Ki v. John \V. gTTBR, I). D. 

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THE LIF^K OP 

REV. PHILIP WILLIAM OTTERBEIN, 

FOUNDER OF THE CHURCH OF THE 

UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. 

BY 

REV. A. W. DRURY, D. D., 
Professor of Church-History in Union Biblical Seminary. 

With an Introduction by 
BISHOP J. WEAVER, D. D. 

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HISTORY OF THE CHURCH 

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JOHN LAWRENCE. 






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Formerlj a Bishop of the Church of the 

UNITED BRETHREN IX CHRIST. 



Rev. Lewis Davis, D. D., 

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THE 01 TERBEIN HYMNAL 

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SPECIAL NOTICE. 

Every man, woman, and youth of intelligence ought to be 
a constant reader of good papers and books. Every such 
person should be a regular and frequent patron of a good 
book store and printing house. " Knowledge is power," 
and it was the recognition of the value of knowledge, as 
well as of true religion, which led to the establishment of 
our denominational Publishing House. To disseminate a 
pure Christian literature, which shall supplement the work 
of the teacher and preacher in securing growth in charac- 
ter and knowledge, is its highest aim. But to fulfill its 
mission, it must have the hearty support of the people. The 
pernicious books and papers now so freely circulated 
deserve nothing but contempt. To counteract their influ- 
ence should be the endeavor of all good people. This can 
be done by purchasing nothing but good literature. 

Our Publishing House issues many excellent publications 
from its own presses. To most of them attention is called 
in the accompanying pages, with the hope that in this way 
our people may be induced to supply themselves with the 
wholesome intellectual and spiritual food which they 
contain. They will be sent, post-paid, for the prices an- 
nexed. All of our publications should be read by our 
members. 

In addition to the sale of our own publications, we are 
engaged in the general book trade, supplying any good 
book in the market. 

For complete list of our own publications, and for cata- 
logues of select books on sale, apply to us by letter. We 
issue several catalogues, as follows : 

1. Catalogue of Our Own Publications. 

2. Catalogue of Sunday-School Books and Supplies. 

3. Catalogue of Theological and Beligious Books. 

4. Catalogue of General Literature. 

5. Supplement to Catalogue of Beligious and Theological, 
and Miscellaneous Books. 

Rev. W. J. SHIJEY, 

United Bkethrex Publishing House, 

Dayton, Ohio. 

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